call down

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action d'invoquer quelque chose d'en haut, de faire descendre une bénédiction ou une malédiction, ou de réprimander sévèrement quelqu'un.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of summoning something from above, invoking a blessing or curse, or reprimanding someone.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Summon or invokeformal

   To request or bring something upon someone, often used in a spiritual or formal sense.

   Invoquer, faire appel à

   • The priest called down a blessing on the congregation.
   • He called down curses upon his enemies.
   • The ritual was meant to call down the favor of the gods.

   Synonymescall forthconjureevokeinvokesummon

2. Reprimand or scoldinformalamerican

   To criticize or speak angrily to someone for a mistake or wrongdoing.

   réprimander

   • The boss called him down for being late to the meeting.
   • She was called down by her mother for breaking the vase.
   • The teacher called down the students for not doing their homework.

   Synonymesadmonishberatecensurechidedress downlecturerebukereprimandscoldtell offupbraid

   Antonymesapprovecommendcomplimentlaudpraise

Verbe de basecall