call back

rappeler

Téléphoner de nouveau à quelqu’un, ou répondre à son appel en lui téléphonant.

En anglais simple : To phone someone again later, often because you could not speak to them before.

• Can I call back later?
• She called me back after her meeting.
• Please leave your number, and someone will call you back.

Comment l'utiliser : call someone back (I will call you back after lunch.)

Synonymes : phone back, ring back

Expressions courantes : call back later, call back someone

rappeler, faire revenir

Demander ou ordonner à quelqu’un de revenir à un endroit ou à une situation précédente.

En anglais simple : To ask or order someone to return to a place or situation.

• The manager called us back.
• They called the soldiers back from the border.
• Will the shop call me back for another interview?

Comment l'utiliser : call someone back (The director called the actors back for another audition.)

Synonymes : recall, summon back

Expressions courantes : call back someone, call back the staff

repasser

Revenir dans un endroit où l’on est déjà passé.

En anglais simple : To return to a place where you have already visited.

• I will call back tomorrow.
• We called back at her house that evening.
• Could you call back when the shop is open?

Comment l'utiliser : call back at a place (We called back at the shop after lunch.)

Synonymes : return, come back

Expressions courantes : call back tomorrow, call back later