"ring back" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: rings back [present, singular, third-person], ringing back [participle, present], rang back [past], rung back [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|ring<,,rang,rung> back}} ring back (third-person singular simple present rings back, present participle ringing back, simple past rang back, past participle rung back)
  1. To return a phone call. Translations (Return a call): rappeler (French), передзво́нювати (peredzvónjuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), передзвони́ти (peredzvonýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-ring_back-en-verb-qS4u87Zt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (back) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (back): 60 40 Disambiguation of 'Return a call': 78 22
  2. To make another phone call to the same person. Translations (Make another call to the same person): rappeler (French)
    Sense id: en-ring_back-en-verb-6Iig~gk9 Disambiguation of 'Make another call to the same person': 13 87

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for ring back meaning in All languages combined (1.9kB)

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