Definition of 'call down'

Verb

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"
      Synonyms: raise conjure conjure up invoke evoke stir 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"
      Synonyms: call on the carpet take to task rebuke rag trounce reproof lecture reprimand jaw dress down scold chide berate bawl out remonstrate chew out chew up have words lambaste lambast

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