List of synonyms from "call a spade spade" to synonyms from "call girl"
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Definition of the day : « call down »
- As in slight : noun insult, disrespect
- As in criticism : noun verbal disapproval
- As in disapproval : noun condemnation
- As in reproach : verb find fault with
- As in vilify : verb criticize very harshly
- As in berate : verb criticize hatefully
- As in chasten : verb correct, humiliate
- As in chide : verb criticize, lecture
- As in condemn : verb blame, convict
- As in admonish : verb warn, strongly criticize
- To abandon the project was to call down the ridicule of the rest of the Thirty.
- Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
- Yet something should be said to break the spell, to call down again this man to the earth.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
- Do you dare come here and call down the credit of MacCailein Mor?
- Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
- She longed to call down, to warn the carpenters of the folly of their act.
- Extract from : « A Thorny Path [Per Aspera], Complete » by Georg Ebers
- "It wasn't a call at all; it was a call down," retorted Sam.
- Extract from : « The Battleship Boys in Foreign Service » by Frank Gee Patchin
- I think it's mighty nice of you to call down here, Miss Deane.
- Extract from : « Find the Woman » by Arthur Somers Roche
- You listen to me—hand that guard a call down when he shows up.
- Extract from : « Black Star's Campaign » by Johnston McCulley
- "Call down your companions from upstairs," Wilhelm said again.
- Extract from : « The Smuggler Chief » by Gustave Aimard
- And, oh, by no levity or petulance of ours, let us call down His anger on our heads.
- Extract from : « The Silent Rifleman » by Henry William Herbert
- Even with the bleached corpse of my poor boy before me, I cannot bring myself to call down a heavy punishment upon thee.
- Extract from : « Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, v. 2/2 » by Charles Rochfort Scott