The phrase "a return call from" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to a phone call that is being made in response to a previous call.
Example: "I am waiting for a return call from the client regarding the proposal we submitted last week."
Alternatives: "a callback from" or "a follow-up call from".
He was awaiting a return call from Phillips last night.
Mr. Durst did not wait in New Orleans for a return call from Ms. Cox.
By the same token, if I'm awaiting a return call from a specialist about a particular patient, I'll pause a visit to handle the more urgent matter first.
Sheffield said he wanted to hear Jobe's diagnosis "with my own ears" and was awaiting a return call from the doctor, which could explain his confusion while discussing his shoulder with reporters.
She received a return call from a transplant coordinator at the university Thursday setting up an appointment for June 2.
Even though the caller ID listed the call as "private," I answered the phone since I was waiting for a return call from someone I had just spoken with.
Sometimes when my patience was at its lowest point, a quick return call from my divorce lawyer made a significant difference in how quickly these frustrating and anger-charged money or parenting situations were resolved.
Then there was a second call — the return call from Robert Kennedy to Lyndon Johnson — about which, as William Manchester writes, "the facts are unclear, and a dispassionate observer cannot choose".
Time for Plan B: buy a one-number, worldwide cell phone so clients could call me directly and purchase a prepaid calling card so I could return calls from a pay phone for 40%to80%0% less than cell phone prices.
A spokesman for Wagner did not return calls from HuffPost, but last week he issued a statement on behalf of the family saying they encouraged the sheriff's department taking fresh look at the case.
Patrick Courtney, the spokesman for Major League Baseball, did not return calls from a reporter.
