call-back

cause to be returned

• “recall the defective auto tires”
• “The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt”

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

• “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

• “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

• “The ambassador was recalled to his country”
• “The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession”

a return call

the recall of an employee after a layoff