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call down
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb call down has 2 senses
- call down(v = verb.creation) arouse, bring up, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir - 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" is one way to create, make
- call down(v = verb.communication) bawl out, berate, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, reproof, scold, take to task, trounce - 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" is one way to criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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