From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
call down
v 1: summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by
magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured
wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the
mountain" [syn: {raise}, {conjure}, {conjure up}, {invoke},
{evoke}, {stir}, {call down}, {arouse}, {bring up}, {put
forward}, {call forth}]
2: censure severely or angrily; "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" [syn: {call on the carpet}, {take to task},
{rebuke}, {rag}, {trounce}, {reproof}, {lecture},
{reprimand}, {jaw}, {dress down}, {call down}, {scold},
{chide}, {berate}, {bawl out}, {remonstrate}, {chew out},
{chew up}, {have words}, {lambaste}, {lambast}]
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