call back

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call back - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  call back
      v 1: cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires";
           "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
           [syn: recall, call in, call back, withdraw]
      2: 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" [syn:
         remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up,
         recollect, think] [ant: blank out, block, draw a   blank
         , forget]
      3: 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"
      4: 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" [syn: recall, call back]