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to recall

to recall

66 3.9
Ask people to return a faulty or dangerous product
  • verb
  • /rɪˈkɔl/
translation icon : retirar (del mercado)
  • The shortage was triggered when Merck recalled certain lots of its Hib vaccine and suspended vaccine production.
  • to recall items

And if I get a vaccine, what was once said to be safe has been recalled for blood clots.

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Examples

  • More than two hundred thousand vehicles were recalled for defects that could lead to engine failure.

  • There is no order to them, no logic to why they have been recalled.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • You don't make a product and then plan on it being recalled.

    Office Uprising (2018)

  • However, as a precaution, we are recalling all Buddi 2 products for the time being.

    Child's Play (2019)

  • Restaurants on the East Coast have recalled romaine lettuce due to a recent E. Coli outbreak.

    Terrifier 2 (2022)

  • The Yaris, Corolla, Auris, Camry, and Rav-4 are being recalled in Europe, totaling 1.39 million vehicles.

    Blog text (5)

  • Last month, the company had to recall thousands of toys due to safety concerns about small parts.

  • The supermarket issued a statement to recall a batch of peanut butter that may be contaminated.

Synonyms

to withdraw
vsto recall
159 3.5

To take money or things out of a place where they are kept

is an official request to return items because they are defective or dangerous
to call in
vsto recall
42 3.6

Ask for something back, for example a product or loan

is an official safety request asking return because items are defective or dangerous
to call back
vsto recall
23 3.3

Ask someone to return after they have left

is an official request for faulty or dangerous items to be returned

Antonyms

to release
925 1.8

To make a product or information available to the public

to issue
  • Formal
904 2.5

To officially give documents or supplies to people

Compounds

recall dose
  • Specialized
4.7

An extra vaccine or medicine given later to make the first one work well

How Official

to mandate
  • Formal
169 4.9
to order
902 1.3
to recall
66 3.9
to request
∞ 1.0
to ask
941 2.7

Surface Forms

recall infinitive
recalled past
recalled past participle
recalling present participle
recalls third person singular

Morphology

recall = call (semi-transparent) = re + call

The core idea 'call back' is accessible, but applying it to defective products is a specialized institutional use rather than a fully general everyday meaning.

Etymology

Recall comes from the parts re- 'again' and call 'to call', so to recall a product is to 'call' it back from customers; that is why manufacturers ask people to return dangerous or faulty goods.