CALL BACK Definition & Meaning

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call back

Ask someone to return; also, ask that something be returned, as in He passed the first audition and was waiting to be called back , or These screws are defective; the manufacturer has called them back . [Late 1500s]
call someone back . Telephone someone in return, as in May I call you back next week? [Early 1900s]

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Stephen, called back from Paris as his mother was dying, is tormented a year later by his refusal to pray over her as she entreated him to do.

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When I got my call back, I got this new scene and it was the one where she says, “I think we’re going to be together forever, don’t you?”

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The players, who had returned to the dressing room while the rescue took place, were called back out and the last-16 match finally kicked off.

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Our conversation lasted just 15 minutes before Ramirez was called back to the theater for a last-minute creative discussion about his Broadway debut.

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When Nelson called back, he was laughing in appreciation.

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