call back

VERB
  1. cause to be returned
    recall the defective auto tires
    The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt
  2. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
    Do you remember that he once loved you?
    can you remember her phone number?
    I can't think what her last name was
    call up memories
    I can't remember saying any such thing
  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
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How To Use call back In A Sentence

  • After the conversation, Junior checked the phone's number display - in case he wanted to call back the prez.
  • She says your child has been admitted but call back later to see if she is going to stay overnight.
  • I am busy right now--can you call back in an hour?
  • Ok I admit it, it’s the 3rd time this month SBC has called to offer me, no really, there new Super Fast DSL, instead of the dam fiber I want (and tell them not to call back without) … and of course comcast is nowhere near to doing anything exciting in my neck of the woods. Verizon: Cablevision’s 101 Mbps Broadband a “Parlor Trick”
  • No one can call back yesterday. Yesterday will not be called again.
  • I'll call back at a more convenient time.
  • I clean the scunge out from under a fingernail and ignore the telephone ringing downstairs and so does Rene, she is tending to puppy and I am tending to Gempires, call back later.
  • No one can call back yesterday. Yesterday will not be called again.
  • The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt
  • No one can call back yesterday. 
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