verb
- Cause to be returned.
- usage: "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
- Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.
- usage: "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"
- Return or repeat a telephone call.
- usage: "I am busy right now-can you call back in an hour"; "She left a message but the contractor never called back"
- Summon to return.
- usage: "The ambassador was recalled to his country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession"
- synonyms: recall
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