call down, v.
censure severely or angrily
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bawl out berate call down call on the carpet chew out chew up chide dress down have words jaw lambast lambaste lecture rag rebuke remonstrate reprimand scold take to task trounce
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
bawl out berate call down call on the carpet chew out chew up chide dress down have words jaw lambast lambaste lecture rag rebuke remonstrate reprimand scold take to task trounce
sample sentences
"The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car""The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"
"The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
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Sam cannot %s Sue
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue
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Somebody ----s somebodySomebody ----s PP
Sam cannot %s Sue
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
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hypernym
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
<verb.creation> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
arouse bring up call down call forth conjure conjure up evoke invoke put forward raise stir
<verb.creation> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
arouse bring up call down call forth conjure conjure up evoke invoke put forward raise stir
sample sentences
"raise the specter of unemployment""he conjured wild birds in the air"
"call down the spirits from the mountain"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hyponym
verb group
hypernym