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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
Do you remember that he once loved you?
can you remember her phone number?
I can't think what her last name was
call up memories
I can't remember saying any such thing -
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
How To Use call back In A Sentence
- Here and there a mother turned her head to call back anxiously for the bleating lambkin lost behind the white curtain; and, dim and grotesque, the awkward strayling would come gamboling into sight. Virginia: the Old Dominion
- After Passover, I called Avi again ... and was told to call back after Yom Haatzmaut. English-writing Israeli-bloggers
- I'll call back at a more convenient time.
- No man cool call back yesterday.
- With the score knotted at 17, Ryan opted to go for a fourth-and-two from the Oakland 37-yard line late in the third, but the call backfired when Sanchez missed Plaxico Burress on a slant route. Sloppy Jets Stumble Against the Raiders
- No one can call back yesterday.
- No one can call back yesterday.
- If you want further advice, you can call back and speak to the same adviser.
- Since the publisher did not call back, Hathaway called the magazine herself.
- One guy a few years back asked me whether he should call back and make an appointment with my secretary to talk to me.
