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callback
or call-back
[ kawl-bak ]
/ ËkÉlËbĂŠk /
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noun
adjective
of or relating to a return telephone call: Please leave a callback number.
verb phrase call back [kawl-bak] /ËkÉl ËbĂŠk/ .
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Origin of callback
First recorded in 1925â30; noun use of verb phrase call back
Words nearby callback
callant, Callao, Callas, call a spade a spade, callathump, callback, call-board, call box, callboy, call center, call centre
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How to use callback in a sentence
Other Idioms and Phrases with callback
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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