call-back

Meanings

• a return call
• the recall of an employee after a layoff
• a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
• cause to be returned;
• "recall the defective auto tires"
• "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
• recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection;
• "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"
• return or repeat a telephone call;
• "I am busy right now--can you call back in an hour?"
• "She left a message but the contractor never called back"
• summon to return;
• "The ambassador was recalled to his country"
• "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession"

Synonyms

• call-back
• recall
• callback
• call in
• call back
• withdraw
• remember
• retrieve
• call up
• recollect
• think

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