call again

call again

Come back again. Although it uses the word "call," the phrase refers to returning to a place, such as a store. I'm sorry we don't have that item in stock right now—please call again.
See also: again, call
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Call again.

Please visit this shop again sometime. (Said by shopkeepers and store clerks.) "Thank you," said the clerk, smiling, "Call again." Clerk: Is that everything? John: Yes. Clerk: That's ten dollars even. John: Here you are. Clerk: Thanks. Call again.
See also: again, call
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • knock-down drag-out
  • like Grant took Richmond
  • carry a Chinaman on (one's) back
  • have a Chinaman at (one's) neck
  • have a Chinaman on (one's) back
  • a woman's work is never done
  • blow (someone or something) to kingdom come
  • blow someone/something to kingdom come
  • blow to kingdom come
  • off the reservation
References in classic literature
I have told him that I am not quite well, and must be alone; and should he call again there might be confusion, for it is impossible to be sure of servants.
"Good God!" cried Marianne, "he has been here while we were out." Elinor, rejoiced to be assured of his being in London, now ventured to say, "Depend upon it, he will call again tomorrow." But Marianne seemed hardly to hear her, and on Mrs.
Huxtable's lodgings; that she found he was away, and not expected back till eight in the evening; that she left word she would call again at eight; and that she never returned.
Bulstrode's anxiety by telling her that her husband had been seized with faintness at the meeting, but that he trusted soon to see him better and would call again the next day, unless she-sent for him earlier, he went directly home, got on his horse, and rode three miles out of the town for the sake of being out of reach.
He did not stay long that time: but when he rose to take leave, she said she should be happy to see him, whenever he might find it convenient to call again; and when he was gone, I was gratified by hearing her say,--'Well!
I left word that I would call again at six o'clock that evening.
'When,' said Nicholas, as he took the piece of paper, 'when shall I call again?'
Madeline, my dear, when is this person to call again?'
Very good, then; good bye now, and I'll call again in a minute.
I called there the other day and saw an old chap who questioned and cross-questioned me until I wasn't sure whether I was on my head or my heels, and, after all, he told me to call again this afternoon for her address.
Just the same, she told me to call again, he thought.
A letter had been submitted on his behalf requesting that the case be continued without plea, and it is set to call again in two weeks.
One printed on a road sign tells customers exiting a Wrexham retail park to 'ring back' - instead of asking them to call again soon.
Therefore, I have repeatedly called for, as an expression of good will and sincerity among us, and I call again, to sign the border agreements, to ratify the border agreement signed between BiH and Croatia, to sign the border agreement between BiH and Serbia because these are internationally recognized borders,' said Zvizdic.
Their position is not yet dire, if hardly promising, and Bayliss spelled out that Root would make the same marginal call again if he had the opportunity to do so.