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recall

noun [C usually singular] (CALLING BACK)
 
 
/rɪˈkɔːl/ US  /ˈriː.kɑːl/

Definition

an occasion when someone orders the return of a person who belongs to an organization, or orders the return of products made by a company: an emergency recall of Parliament The company issued a recall of all their latest antibiotics.Inviting and summoning
(Definition of recall noun (CALLING BACK) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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