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call someone down

to reprimand a person; to bawl someone out. The teacher had to call down Sally in front of everybody. "I wish you wouldn't call me down in public," cried Sally.

See also: call

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Therefore I am going to call down fire and blow up your tower, but it is only fair to give you a chance; now if you think you can break my enchantments and ward off the fires, step to the bat, it's your innings. A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context They said their prayers inwardly, and lying down, since there was nobody there with authority to make them kneel and recite aloud; in truth, they had a mind not to say them at all, but they were afraid to proceed to such lengths as that, lest they might call down a sudden and special thunderbolt from heaven. Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context It never occurred to the good-natured monarch that such a name was certain to call down the hatred and jealousy of the fairies in a body on the child, but this was what happened. The Yellow Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew View in context			cage up cahoots cajole cajole into cajole out of cake cake with calculate calculate into calculate on call call a halt call a halt to call a meeting call a meeting to order and call the meeting to order call a spade a spade call about Call again call around call at some place call attention to call away call back call bluff call by a name call down call for call forth call forward call hogs call in call in chips call in sick call into call into question call it a day call it a night call it quits Call my service call names Call no man happy till he dies call of nature call off call off the dogs call on call on the carpet call out call over call roll call square call the dogs off			Call Data Rating Point Call Data Record Call Data Transmitter Call date Call Dates CALL DB Call Deflection Call Delivery Node Call Denial Call Detail Call Detail Block Call Detail Control Call Detail Element Call detail recording Call Detail Reporting Call Dial Rerouting Call Dial Rerouting Point Call Directing Character Call Directing Code Call Disconnect Call Disposition Analyzer Call Distribution Process Call distributor Call distributor Call Distributor Application Programming Interface call down Call Duck Association Call Failed Class Call Failure Call Failure Code Call feature Call Features call fire call fire Call Flow Analysis call for call for call for call for call for call for Call for abstracts Call for Action, Inc. call for aid call for bids Call for Candidates Call for Comments Call For Discussion Call for Expression of Interest call for fire call for fire Call for Fire Zone Call for Help Call for Help Call for Help (television program) Call for Help (television)

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