call down

call down

1) позвать вниз, пригласить сойти вниз
2) кричать (стоящему внизу)
3) амер.;
разг. раскритиковать The newspapers called down Tom's latest book. ≈ Газеты яростно накинулись на последнюю книжку Тома. Syn : scold, dress down
4) амер.;
разг. ругать, порицать, делать выговор, бранить, распекать The director called Jim down for being late again. ≈ Директор отчитал Джима за то, что он опять опоздал. Syn : bawl out
2) , be down on
1) , bring up
10) , brush down, burn up
5) , chew out, chew up
3) , choke off
3) , come down on
3) , dress down
1) , dust down
2) , hop on
2) , jack up
3) , land on
2) , lay out
8) , reproach
2. , reprove, sail into
1) , scold
1. , sit on
3) , speak to
4) , step on
3) , strip down, strip off
2) , take apart
4) , talk to
1) , tell off
3) , tick off
3) , walk into
2)
5) оспаривать, отводить (довод и т. п.)
6) амер. вызывать на дуэль, на бой A gentleman should call down any man who is rude to his wife. ≈ Настоящий джентльмен должен вызывать на дуэль всякого, кто был груб с его женой. Syn : call out
5)
7) воен. давать приказ об атаке (особенно воздушной) As a last effort, the general called down heavy bombing on the enemy positions. ≈ В качестве крайней меры генерал приказал произвести бомбардировку позиций врага. позвать вниз;
пригласить сойти вниз - the gong was calling us down звук гонга сзывал нас вниз кричать (стоящему внизу) призывать (проклятия и т. п.) на чью-л. голову (американизм) (разговорное) сделать выговор;
отчитать;
одернуть, осадить, поставить на место (кого-л.) - he did a wise thing in calling them down он поступил умно, поставив их на место

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  • call\ down — • call down • dress down v informal To scold. Jim was called down by his teacher for being late to class. Mother called Bob down for walking into the kitchen with muddy boots. Compare: call on the carpet, chew out, bawl out, read the riot act …   Словарь американских идиом

  • call down — index rebuke, reprehend Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • call down — verb 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 …   Useful english dictionary

  • call down — v. 1) (D; tr.) ( to summon ) to call down on, upon (to call down the wrath of God on smb. s head) 2) (D; intr.) ( to shout ) to call down to (he called down to us from the roof) * * * [ kɔːl daʊn] upon (to call down the wrath of God on smb. s… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • call down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms call down : present tense I/you/we/they call down he/she/it calls down present participle calling down past tense called down past participle called down literary call something down on someone to pray for… …   English dictionary

  • call down — transitive verb Date: 1634 1. to cause or entreat to descend < call down a blessing > 2. reprimand < called me down for being late > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • call down to — phr verb Call down to is used with these nouns as the object: ↑reception …   Collocations dictionary

  • call down — also[dress down] {v.}, {informal} To scold. * /Jim was called down by his teacher for being late to class./ * /Mother called Bob down for walking into the kitchen with muddy boots./ Compare: CALL ON THE CARPET, CHEW OUT, BAWL OUT, READ THE RIOT… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • call down — also[dress down] {v.}, {informal} To scold. * /Jim was called down by his teacher for being late to class./ * /Mother called Bob down for walking into the kitchen with muddy boots./ Compare: CALL ON THE CARPET, CHEW OUT, BAWL OUT, READ THE RIOT… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • call down — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To entreat] Syn. invoke, supplicate, request; see appeal 1 , beg 1 , summon . 2. [*To scold sharply] Syn. rebuke, chide, admonish; see censure , scold . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To criticize for a fault or an offense:… …   English dictionary for students

  • call down —    obsolete    to announce publicly that you will not pay your wife s debts     A relic from the days when the wife s possessions passed to her husband on marriage and all she retained was the right to pledge his credit for food and clothing for… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms


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