verb (tr, adverb)
to request or invoketo call down God's anger
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Words related to call down
denunciation,
objection,
censure,
criticism,
discontent,
dislike,
displeasure,
dissatisfaction,
affront,
rejection,
snub,
advise,
berate,
chide,
enjoin,
exhort,
rebuke,
reprimand,
scold,
upbraid How to use call down in a sentence
Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.
A grand juror in the Ferguson case is suing to be able to explain exactly what went down in the courtroom.
The gunman then burst from the restaurant and fled down the street with the other man.
My doctor insisted that once I filed this piece I lie down on my bed and not get out.
The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
So he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.
Do not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
Other Idioms and Phrases with call down
1Invoke, as from heaven; for example, He called down the wrath of God. [Early 1800s]
2call someone down. Scold or reprimand, as in The conductor called her down for playing out of tune. [Mid-1800s] For a synonym, see dress down, def. 1.
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