Wiktionary
n. Request for a second interview or audition, following a successful initial interview. vb. 1 To request someone's return. 2 To telephone someone again at a more convenient time. 3 To return to a shop or residence one has previously visited.
WordNet
v. cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" [syn: recall, call in, withdraw]
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" [syn: remember, retrieve, recall, call up, recollect, think] [ant: forget]
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" [syn: recall]
Usage examples of "call back".
What kind of fools could these men be, to think that anyone, even the ram himself, with a word or gesture, could call back a flood?
Before long, Zu'matra had to call back to the shuttle for more maha, which was brought by the Fassali.
While they waited for Morgan to call back, Green and Kerry worked together to prepare a flyer, with pictures of the jewelry in question, that would be distributed to New Jersey jewelers.
Since eating a hearty dinner the previous night, Jalon had shown no impatience to call back Sagorn, or Andor.
In the latter case it is natural to call back the seditious to the bulk of the citizens, and not these to the seditious.
The Horn supposedly can call back dead heroes from the grave to fight against the Shadow.