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Meanings of call back in English

Portuguese
lembrar-se
Catalan
rememorar
Spanish
rememorar

Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.

    Related terms
    lembrar-se
    Portuguese
    retirar
    Spanish
    retirar

    Cause to be returned.

          retirar

          To return a phone call.

                Usage of call back in English
                1
                That's why it's perfectly fine to call back home to say hello.
                Ebony
                2
                He said he'd call back in a half hour-that's eighteen minutes now.
                The bourne ultimatum
                3
                Left a message explaining my whereabouts and asking for a call back.
                Bones on Ice
                4
                If you want to call back, you can use our direct line.
                Death of a Red Heroine
                5
                Chen knew the number, but he did not want to call back.
                Death of a Red Heroine
                6
                I dialed the station and left a message for a call back.
                One for the money
                7
                If this isn't an emergency, please hang up and call back later.
                Under the dome: a novel
                8
                Ron had learned that Tony was never willing to call back later.
                The appeal
                9
                Dayle still hadn't received a call back from Gil's friend, Jonathan Brooks.
                The next to die
                10
                Less than four hours later I get a call back from Carla.
                Wired
                11
                Then he stopped and waited to hear Chuck call back to him.
                Shutter Island
                12
                They paged her at the pool, and suggested he call back later.
                Crossings
                13
                I stared at the phone, deciding whether or not to call back.
                Made of honor
                14
                I've been waiting on pins and needles for you to call back.
                Norway to hide: a passport to peril mystery
                15
                When game is scarce, medicine is made to call back the buffalo.
                The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 / A Magazine...
                16
                She seemed trying to call back her mind to consider my question.
                Mrs. Falchion, Volume 2.
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                Translations for call back
                Call back through the time
                Call back across language varieties
                United States of America
                Common
                United Kingdom
                Less common
                Ireland
                Less common