call down

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call down

verb calls down · calling down · called down

historical To lower (a price, value) by official proclamation.
transitive To bring (punishment, condemnation etc.) upon someone, as from above. I shall call down God's wrath upon you!
obsolete, transitive To call for (a speaker) to stop speaking and sit down.
Canada, US, colloquial, transitive To reprimand or insult (someone) severely. He will call down his secretary if the latter's trousers are not well creased or his shoes not polished to a sparkle.

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@misc{call_down_2026,
  title = {call down},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/call%20down},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}