call back

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verb

1. cause to be returned (Freq. 1)
- recall the defective auto tires
- The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt
• Syn:
recall, call in, withdraw
• Derivationally related forms:
callback, recall (for: recall)
• Hypernyms:
take
• Hyponyms:
decommission
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. recall knowledge from memory;
have a recollection (Freq. 1)
- 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 up, recollect, think
• Ant:
forget (for: remember)
• See Also:
think back (for: think)
• Derivationally related forms:
thought (for: think), think (for: think), recollective (for: recollect), recollection (for: recollect), recall (for: recall), retrieval (for: retrieve), remembrance (for: remember), remembering (for: remember)
• Hyponyms:
know, recognize, recognise, review, brush up, refresh
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
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
• Derivationally related forms:
call-back
• Hypernyms:
answer, reply, respond
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
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
• Derivationally related forms:
call-back, recall (for: recall)
• Hypernyms:
call, send for
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody