from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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}]