 call_down |
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| 1. | [ verb ] censure severely or angrily | |
| Synonyms: | rebuke scold chide berate lecture have_words lambast dress_down trounce reproof bawl_out remonstrate reprimand chew_out chew_up lambaste jaw call_on_the_carpet rag check | |
| Examples: | "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" "check" is archaic |
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| Related terms: | criticize chastize tell_off rebuke lecture chiding | |
| 2. | [ verb ] evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic | |
| Synonyms: | raise invoke conjure_up bring_up arouse stir call_forth evoke put_forward conjure | |
| Examples: | : "raise the specter of unemployment" "he conjured wild birds in the air" "stir a disturbance" "call down the spirits from the mountain" |
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| Related terms: | make curse bless provoke magician incantation conjuring | |
| Similar spelling: |
caledonia caladenia call_waiting cool_down |
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