1. (noun) call-back
a return call
2. (noun) call-back
the recall of an employee after a layoff
3. (verb) recall, callback
a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
4. (verb) recall, call in, call back, withdraw
cause to be returned
"recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
5. (verb) remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think
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"
6. (verb) call back
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"
7. (verb) recall, call 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"
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