call back

Verb

• 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
    

• 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
    

• 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
    

• cause to be returned
  • recall the defective auto tires
    
  • The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  recall , remember , retrieve , call up , recollect , think , call in , withdraw
• Antonyms: 
  forget , block , blank out , draw a blank