āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
call back
/kËÉËl bËak/
to call back
[phrase form: call]
01
āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to remember something or someone from the past
Transitive: to call back memories
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The mention of her name called back forgotten experiences.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to contact someone when the first attempt to communicate was missed or was unsuccessful
Dialect
Intransitive
Transitive: to call back sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
I called the hotline back three times, but no one answered.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ, āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤
03
āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻž
to return to a location one visited earlier
Dialect
British
BritishTransitive: to call back sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The security guard called us back when we forgot our bags at the entrance.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻļāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšāĻ°ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻĄā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
04
āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§ āĻĄāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to ask for something one lent or gave, to be returned
Transitive: to call back something lent
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The manager called back the issued laptop for software updates.
āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻĢā§āĻāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻĄā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻāĻĒ āĻĢā§āĻ°āĻ¤ āĻĄā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
