call 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. (Canada, US, colloquial, transitive)To reprimand or insult (someone) severely.

   censure severely or angrily

4. (obsolete, transitive)To call for (a speaker) to stop speaking and sit down.

1. My boss called me down for frequent absence from work.

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2. Tom was called down by his boss for coming late to work.

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3. My boss called me down for making private calls on the office phone.

   ruМой начальник отчитал меня за то, что я делал частные звонки по служебному телефону.

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4. Sami was called down to the office.

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5. He was called down by his boss for missing his deadline.

   ruНачальник объявил ему выговор за то, что он не уложился в срок.

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irregular

• call upдумати, мислитиTo retrieve from personal or computer memory.
• call offвідкликати, відмінятиTo recall; to cancel or call a halt to.
• call outзнімати плату, покладати відповідальністьTo specify, especially in detail.
• call onвідвідати, відвідуватиTo visit (a person); to pay a call to.
• call inвідкликати, згадуватиTo communicate with a base etc, by telephone.
• call downзібрати, збиратиTo lower (a price, value) by official proclamation.
• call backпередзвонити, передзвонюватиTo request someone's return; to bring back or restore; to recall.
• call forпотребуватиTo shout out in order to summon (a person).