Call back - definition, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈkɒl ˈbæk|
Brit.  |kɔːl ˈbæk|

verb

- cause to be returned (syn: call in, recall, withdraw)
The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection (syn: call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think)
- return or repeat a telephone call
I am busy right now--can you call back in an hour?
- summon to return (syn: recall)

Extra examples

Our representative in Paris must be called back.

Mr Sharp was about to leave when his secretary called him back.

This medicine should call your strength back.

I cannot call his face back.

She got constant callbacks from the salesman even after she asked him to stop calling.

With the latest callback, the factory will employ 30,000 workers.

If he used better materials, he wouldn't have so many callbacks.

She's having lunch. Can you call back later?

I say my name, my company and ask them to call me back.

To meet the demand, businesses begin to increase production again and to call back workers.

International Steel Group Inc. has called back workers who were laid off in December 2001 when LTV Steel Co. shut down.

The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt

I am busy right now--can you call back in an hour?

If there are any calls for me during the meeting, say that I'll call back later.

...I'm engaged right now, so call back some other time....

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