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Definitions of call back words

phrasal verb call back If you call someone back, you telephone them again or in return for a telephone call that they have made to you. 3
noun call back to ask or command to come back 3
noun call back to telephone again or in return 3
noun call back to ask purchasers to return (an imperfect or dangerous product), often so that a manufacturing defect can be corrected; recall 3
noun call back a cry or shout. 1
noun call back the cry or vocal sound of a bird or other animal. 1

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30; noun use of verb phrase call back

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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summon — to call upon to do something specified.
telephone — an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
recall — to bring back from memory; recollect; remember: Can you recall what she said?