call down[verb]Synonyms: reprove, admonish, chide, lesson, monish, rack back, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, tick off
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call down something phrasal verb (
see also call)
formal to ask for someone, especially a god, to make something unpleasant happen to someone or something
call down something on/upon
He called down vengeance on them. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
call down v.,
informal To scold.
Jim was called down by his teacher for being late to class. Mother called Bob down for walking into the kitchen with muddy boots. Compare: CALL ON THE CARPET, CHEW OUT, BAWL OUT, READ THE RIOT ACT.
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