call down Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
   arouse; raise; invoke; conjure up; bring up; call forth; evoke; put forward; stir; conjure.
   
   • raise the specter of unemployment
   • he conjured wild birds in the air
   • call down the spirits from the mountain
2. verb censure severely or angrily
   call on the carpet; rag; dress down; remonstrate; chew out; take to task; jaw; lambast; trounce; scold; chide; berate; chew up; have words; rebuke; reprimand; reproof; lecture; bawl out; lambaste.
   
   • 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

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