call back phrasal verb (see also call)

1. call (somebody) back to telephone someone again, for example because they were not at home when you telephoned last time:
I’ll call back later.
Can you ask John to call me back when he gets in?

2. British English to return to a place you went to earlier:
You could call back to collect her at noon.

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