If you phone back somebody (or phone somebody back) you telephone someone who rang you earlier; or you telephone someone for a second time.
Examples of use:
1. Can you phone me back tomorrow?
2. Mrs Patel was in a meeting when I telephoned. I will phone her back later.
3. Phone back this afternoon and we will discuss your ideas some more.
| infinitive |
phone back |
| present simple |
phone back and phones back |
| -ing form |
phoning back |
| past simple |
phoned back |
| past participle |
phoned back |
Can you write a sentence using this phrasal verb?
Have you phoned someone back recently?
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