When someone calls, you can telephone them in return.
The idea
Use call back for a return call. A noun can follow back or come between the words: call back the office / call the office back. A pronoun goes between them: call her back. This is neutral everyday English.
Examples
- I will call you back after lunch.
- The dentist called me back.
- Can you call the office back?
- Please call back this evening.
- She called back her neighbour yesterday.
- We missed the call and called him back.
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Watch out
Do not put a pronoun after back: say call her back, not call back her.
Try it yourself
Choose the correct option. Please call ___ when you have time. (back / out)
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back
back marks the return call.
Choose the correct option. I will call ___. (him back / back him)
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him back
him back puts the pronoun between the verb and particle.
Choose the correct option. They ___ back yesterday. (called / call)
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called
called is the past form for yesterday.
Practice round
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Choose the correct option. Please call ___ when you have time. (back / out)
Choose the correct option. I will call ___. (him back / back him)
Choose the correct option. They ___ back yesterday. (called / call)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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