[syn: recall, call back]
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]