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rang back

rang back is the simple past of ring back.

Meaning of ring back

Verb

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.
    • John called. He asked for you to ring him back as soon as you arrived.
  2. To make another phone call to the same person.
    • I had to ring you back because I forgot to ask you something important.

Questions about rang back

What is rang back the simple past of?
Rang back is the simple past of ring back.

Words near rang back in the dictionary

  1. Ranfts
  2. Ranfurly
  3. rang
  4. rang a bell
  5. rang around
  6. rang back
  7. rang down the curtain
  8. rang false
  9. rang hollow
  10. rang in
  11. rang off

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