- recall, callback - a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
--1 is a kind of call, phone call, telephone call; request, asking
Derived forms: verb call back3, verb call back1 - call-back - the recall of an employee after a layoff
--2 is a kind of employment, engagement
Derived form: verb call back4
- recall, call in, call back, withdraw - cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
--1 is one way to take
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun callback1
Somebody ----s something
- remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think - 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"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- call back - 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"
--3 is one way to answer, reply, respond
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun call-back1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- recall, call 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"
--4 is one way to call, send for
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun call-back2
Somebody ----s somebody