"call down" meaning in English

See call down in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: calls down [present, singular, third-person], calling down [participle, present], called down [participle, past], called down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} call down (third-person singular simple present calls down, present participle calling down, simple past and past participle called down)
  1. To pray for; to request from God.
    Sense id: en-call_down-en-verb-en:pray_for
  2. (transitive) To reprimand or insult (someone) severely. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-call_down-en-verb-OVnXjiqw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 30 70 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: call down on the carpet, call in

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "calls down",
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        "present",
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "called down",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
  ],
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        {
          "text": "I shall call down God's wrath upon you!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pray for; to request from God."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "pray",
          "pray"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:pray for"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "22 78",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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          "_dis": "30 70",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English links with manual fragments",
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            "Links with manual fragments",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "18 82",
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reprimand or insult (someone) severely."
      ],
      "id": "en-call_down-en-verb-OVnXjiqw",
      "links": [
        [
          "reprimand",
          "reprimand"
        ],
        [
          "insult",
          "insult"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To reprimand or insult (someone) severely."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "call down"
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    {
      "form": "called down",
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "To pray for; to request from God."
      ],
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        "English transitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To reprimand or insult (someone) severely."
      ],
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          "reprimand",
          "reprimand"
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        [
          "insult",
          "insult"
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        "(transitive) To reprimand or insult (someone) severely."
      ],
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}

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