call down

Verb

• censure severely or angrily
  • 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
    

• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
  • raise the specter of unemployment
    
  • he conjured wild birds in the air
    
  • call down the spirits from the mountain
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  call on the carpet , take to task , rebuke , rag , trounce , reproof , lecture , reprimand , jaw , dress down , scold , chide , berate , bawl out