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to call back
01
to remember something or someone from the past
Transitive: to call back memories
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
back
Base verb
call
Present tense
call back
3rd person singular
calls back
Present participle
calling back
Past simple
called back
Past participle
called back
02
to contact someone when the first attempt to communicate was missed or was unsuccessful
Dialect
Intransitive
Transitive: to call back sb/sth
03
to return to a location one visited earlier
Dialect
British
BritishTransitive: to call back sb
04
to ask for something one lent or gave, to be returned
Transitive: to call back something lent
