call-down

Palin for giving TheOne&tm; that call-down in her acceptance speech.

McClatchy Headline: ‘Those Crazy Palins’ - Warner_Todd_Huston’s blog - RedState 2009

After the storm, we were able to use an emergency call-down system to notify people of what occurred in the area.

CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2007 2007

DEVINE: Yes, we have a call-down list of the key officials in this country and other international organizations.

CNN Transcript Dec 27, 2004 2004

Twenty miles behind them, a squadron of ground-attack aircraft circled, waiting for the call-down signal.

Red Storm Rising Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1986

Gee, but it used to hurt to take a "call-down" from a petty officer without having a chance to reply or even to show what we felt in our faces, and when he had said everything he could think of we had to touch our cap and say "Yes, Sir!"

Into the Jaws of Death Jack O'Brien

When in Canada last, Mr. Kipling was so dissatisfied with the hotel accommodations that he gave the landlord a severe call-down.

More Toasts Marion Dix [Editor] Mosher

"I think a good call-down is what he needs," answered Roy, "and the colonel ought to give it to him."

On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland

We had a call-down from our Captain and have been looking for

The Girl Scouts in Beechwood Forest Margaret Vandercook

As the latter herself had once put it, 'The feller that tries to get gay with me is going to get a call-down that'll make him holler for his winter overcoat.'

The Man with Two Left Feet And Other Stories 1928

He give the Legislature the air, and sent the members home every time they stood up to him and give him a call-down.

Chapter 1. Specimens of the American Vulgate. 1. The Declaration of Independence in American Henry Louis 1921