call down
Example Sentences
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“So I freaked and I call down the front desk, I go, ‘You gotta call 911!’”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2024
But those usually had relatively evident functions: to call down the favor of a god, or to assert a noble pedigree, or to show off a new wife.
From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2023
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
Mr. have to call down to tell them to shut up the racket What you building?
From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
