call back

Word Origin & History

early 14c., from call (v.). Sense of "a short formal visit" is from 1862.

"I may not see you folks again till supper," he bethought him to call back.

Presently he attempted to rise and call back the countryman with the horses.

He wanted to call back his very life that was going away from him.

When game is scarce, medicine is made to call back the buffalo.

Have it marked immediate, please, an' I'll call back in an hour.

Thus did David mourn when he could not call back Absalom to life.

I have no more power to call back to thee the maiden I was of old, than thou.

Then it is my duty to call back my men, and attack the flames.

I cannot call back the years, however much I might wish to do so.

At length the majority agreed to call back their Stuart kings.

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verb recall

noun. questioning and evaluation

noun. questioning and evaluation

verb. ask for return of offending thing

verb. ask for return of offending thing

verb. take back something said