call back

Verb
  1. Cause to be returned (synset 202317458)
    "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
    is a type of: take - take into one's possession
    subtypes: decommission - withdraw from active service
    same as: call in, recall, withdraw
  2. Recall knowledge from memory;
    Have a recollection (synset 200609334)
    "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"
    subtypes:
    same as: call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think
  3. Return or repeat a telephone call (synset 200793426)
    "I am busy right now--can you call back in an hour?"; "She left a message but the contractor never called back"
    is a type of: answer, reply, respond - react verbally
  4. Summon to return (synset 200793168)
    "The ambassador was recalled to his country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession"
    is a type of: call, send for - order, request, or command to come
    same as: recall

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