| Verb | 1. | call down - evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" Synonyms: bring up, conjure, conjure up, invoke, call forth, put forward, arouse, evoke, stir, raise |
| 2. | call down - 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: bawl out, berate, call on the carpet, chew out, chew up, chide, dress down, have words, rebuke, reproof, scold, lambast, lambaste, lecture, reprimand, trounce, remonstrate, jaw, rag |
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