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called down

called down is the simple past and past participle of call down.

Meaning of call down

Verb

call down (third-person singular simple present calls down, present participle calling down, simple past and past participle called down)

  1. (historical) To lower (a price, value) by official proclamation.
  2. (transitive) To bring (punishment, condemnation etc.) upon someone, as from above.
    • I shall call down God's wrath upon you!
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To call for (a speaker) to stop speaking and sit down.
  4. (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.1946, A. A. Brill, Lectures on Psychoanalytic Psychiatry, Alfred Knopf, page 211

Questions about called down

What is called down the simple past and past participle of?
Called down is the simple past and past participle of call down.

Words near called down in the dictionary

  1. called around
  2. called away
  3. called back
  4. called balls and strikes
  5. called collect
  6. called down
  7. called for
  8. called forth
  9. called in
  10. called in sick
  11. called into doubt

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