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call back

phraseB1Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To call back is to telephone somebody again who called you first. I will call back later, ask him to call back, call back after five.

It carries an obligation, since to call back answers a call already made. The noun made from it also means a second audition, which is a separate use.

Definitions of call back

  1. 1phrasecall backTo phone someone again who called you first.B1

    “Leave a number and somebody will call back within the hour.”

call back is a phrase.

Also accepted in games: ring back, phone back

Where it comes from

callback Deverbal from call back.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Phrasal Verbs

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