call down

[call down] also [dress down] {v.}, {informal} To scold.

* /Jim was called down by his teacher for being late to class./

* /Mother called Bob down for walking into the kitchen with muddy boots./

Compare:

CALL ON THE CARPET,

CHEW OUT,

BAWL OUT,

READ THE RIOT ACT.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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