call down
Britishverb
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Invoke, as from heaven; for example, He called down the wrath of God . [Early 1800s]
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call 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.
Example Sentences
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"The ambulance didn't go to the address because the emergency medical advisor, thinking it was an abandoned call, closed the call down," Mrs Jevons said.
From BBC • Jul. 21, 2025
“So I freaked and I call down the front desk, I go, ‘You gotta call 911!’”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2024
I didn’t follow you before this all started, but I think that video where you call down the stairs to your mother, that’s where you got me.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2020
“I decided I’d call down to the house, and I didn’t get no answer,” she said.
From Washington Times • Mar. 6, 2019
I call down to Pouncey, who’s working the hand crank that keeps bucket after bucket of chain rising up the rounded side of the silo and spilling in through the opening.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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