To call down
| to pray for, as blessing or curses. |
See also: Call
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Therefore I am going to call down fire and blow up your tower, but it is only fair to give you a chance; now if you think you can break my enchantments and ward off the fires, step to the bat, it's your innings."
It never occurred to the good-natured monarch that such a name was certain to call down the hatred and jealousy of the fairies in a body on the child, but this was what happened.
"Fortnite" players will now be able to call down devastating air strikes by throwing a canister that looks like a grenade.
When the disciples James and John saw this they asked, "Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?" Jesus turned and rebuked them, 56and they journeyed to another village.
They howl for revenge and want to call down fire on the entire village.
IT'S getting too close to call down in the Premier League's valley of the doomed - but let's try, anyway.
What justification would there be to call down God's wrath today on our neighbors and friends, when what we need is to work together as allies against oppression of all sorts, committed by many nations and peoples--including our own?
I, a weak father, lack the language and the innocence to call down angels.
Instead With the new system, residents simply dial *7 on their home phone to call down and talk directly to their doorman.
One book, What Islam Is All About, states that Jews "subscribe to a belief in racial superiority" and that their religion "even teaches them to call down curses upon the worship places of non-Jews whenever they pass by them!" The same book, which is designed for grades six through eight, asserts "Christians also worship statues."
News that Thierry Henry is still not fit has prompted a couple of firms to call down France on the Group A index, although they have gone up a point with both IG and Spreadex on the outright front.
Some of the entries in my room's diary made me want to call down to housekeeping and make sure the mattress had been turned.
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