call down

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
call down
    v 1: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by
         magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured
         wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the
         mountain" [syn: {raise}, {conjure}, {conjure up}, {invoke},
         {evoke}, {stir}, {call down}, {arouse}, {bring up}, {put
         forward}, {call forth}]
    2: censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child
       for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime
       Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing
       cold soup" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {take to task},
       {rebuke}, {rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture},
       {reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {call down}, {scold},
       {chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out},
       {chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]
    

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