call down
Example Sentences
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If the alarm rang outside business hours, someone would need to call down a list of seismologists until someone agreed to come in.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2024
Among Griffis’ many memorable revelations about the Land of the Rising Sun is a proverb about the perils of revenge: “If you call down a curse on anyone, look out for two graves.”
From Washington Times • Jan. 24, 2023
They have also refused to call down their protest until the government addressed their concerns.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2023
I didn’t follow you before this all started, but I think that video where you call down the stairs to your mother, that’s where you got me.
From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2020
“Do you think we should call down south for reinforcements?”
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
