call down
verb
called down; calling down; calls down
1
: to cause or entreat to descend
call down a blessing
2
: reprimand
called me down for being late
Examples of call down in a Sentence
I was called down by my supervisor for not catching the accounting error sooner.
Recent Examples on the Web
Armed with a name, Polyphemus is able to call down his father’s wrath on Odysseus.
—
Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
12 June 2026
After leaving the field at the end of the third, Fried walked into the tunnel leading to the visitors’ clubhouse, flanked by pitching coach Matt Blake, who immediately called down to the bullpen to have Paul Blackburn warm up.
—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
Even the New York State Police had been called down to join, and were standing around in their purple ties and Dudley Do-Right hats.
—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
29 Apr. 2026
King called down to Branch from the balcony of a hotel where several iconic musicians had made entries into the catalogue of protest music.
—
Jack Armstrong,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
22 Apr. 2026
At another point, NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman called down to Earth to NASA’s IT specialists on the ground to report that both versions of Microsoft’s email program Outlook installed on his computer were not working.
—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
For fixes other tenants would normally make themselves, like changing a lightbulb, Ruby would call down June’s husband to act as a handyman.
—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
22 Jan. 2026
Ming opened up her fourth floor window and called down to the firefighters below.
—
Kate Talerico,
San Francisco Chronicle,
19 Jan. 2026
Derpetrossian was working with a hot shot crew with the Angeles National Forest when he got called down to help fight fires that were popping up around Los Angeles while the Palisades Fire wreaked havoc on the city’s Westside.
—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
17 Jan. 2026
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Gitanjali Roy,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
12 June 2026
After leaving the field at the end of the third, Fried walked into the tunnel leading to the visitors’ clubhouse, flanked by pitching coach Matt Blake, who immediately called down to the bullpen to have Paul Blackburn warm up.
—
Chris Kirschner,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
Even the New York State Police had been called down to join, and were standing around in their purple ties and Dudley Do-Right hats.
—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
29 Apr. 2026
King called down to Branch from the balcony of a hotel where several iconic musicians had made entries into the catalogue of protest music.
—
Jack Armstrong,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
22 Apr. 2026
At another point, NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman called down to Earth to NASA’s IT specialists on the ground to report that both versions of Microsoft’s email program Outlook installed on his computer were not working.
—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
For fixes other tenants would normally make themselves, like changing a lightbulb, Ruby would call down June’s husband to act as a handyman.
—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
22 Jan. 2026
Ming opened up her fourth floor window and called down to the firefighters below.
—
Kate Talerico,
San Francisco Chronicle,
19 Jan. 2026
Derpetrossian was working with a hot shot crew with the Angeles National Forest when he got called down to help fight fires that were popping up around Los Angeles while the Palisades Fire wreaked havoc on the city’s Westside.
—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
17 Jan. 2026
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“Call down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call%20down. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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