call back
回電話;召回來
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, 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 up, recollect,
think] [ant: 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]