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call down

— verb (= raise, conjure) 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 — verb (= rag, dress down, scold) 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

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scold chide bring up reproof reprimand rag dress down chew up call out berate bawl out trounce take to task stir remonstrate rebuke raise put forward objurgate lecture lambaste lambast jaw invoke have words evoke conjure up conjure chew out chastise call on the carpet call forth arouse сall names yaff whip utter imprecations upbraid trash someone throw up throw mud at tell someone Off tell off tee off take apart swear at swear summon strip off strip down

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I have boiled it down to six things and I'm going to call them the six killer applications - the killer apps - that made the West dominate the rest.

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