CALL BACK
1. If you call back somebody (or call somebody back) you telephone someone who rang you earlier, or you telephone someone for a second time.
Examples of use:
- Mr Evans telephoned while you were out: he wants you to call him back.
- He forgot to book a double room, so he had to call the hotel back.
2. To call back is to return to a place to see somebody again.
Examples of use:
- Mrs Bottone is in a meeting. Can you call back this afternoon, please?
| infinitive | call back |
| present simple | call back and calls back |
| -ing form | calling back |
| past simple | called back |
| past participle | called back |