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call down verb
Meaning : Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.
Example :
Raise the specter of unemployment.
He conjured wild birds in the air.
Call down the spirits from the mountain.
Synonyms : arouse, bring up, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir
Meaning : Censure severely or angrily.
Example :
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, jaw, lambast, lambaste, lecture, rag, rebuke, remonstrate, reprimand, scold, take to task, trounce
