Definitions for call back

Definitions for (verb) call back

Main entry: think, call back, call up, recall, retrieve, recollect, remember

Definition: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

Usage: I can't remember saying any such thing; I can't think what her last name was; can you remember her phone number?; Do you remember that he once loved you?; call up memories


Main entry: call back, recall

Definition: summon to return

Usage: The ambassador was recalled to his country; The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession


Main entry: call back

Definition: return or repeat a telephone call

Usage: I am busy right now--can you call back in an hour?; She left a message but the contractor never called back


Main entry: call back, call in, recall, withdraw

Definition: cause to be returned

Usage: recall the defective auto tires; The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt


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