call them back to vs call them back at

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Call them back to' is used when referring to a specific location or situation where someone needs to return, while 'call them back at' is used when specifying a particular time or place for someone to return a call.

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call them back to

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when referring to a specific location or situation where someone needs to return.

This phrase is used to indicate that someone should return to a particular place or situation. It implies a physical or metaphorical return to a specific location or context.

Examples:

I asked them to come back to the office for a meeting.
The teacher called the students back to their desks after recess.
The coach called the players back to the field for practice.

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If you'd like, I can call them back to break the Wizard.
Barbagli calls them back to order.
I'll call them back again to comfort me.
You can call them back and we'll get that order out.
Just call them back and tell them I've got the perfect song.
He promised to check us out further and call them back within ten minutes with an update.
Okay, just take a message, I'll call them back.
Call them back and tell them I need to know in 30 minutes.
Their graves will be there, unless you call them back.
I mean, you should call them back and tell them you were kidding.
No. You call them back, you tell them to take it next door.
Similarly, Parliament was reluctant to delegate such substantial powers unless it obtained a right to call them back if it were dissatisfied, not just on scope but on substance.
Could you call them back and you just handle it?
Just let - let us call them back. It's not too late.
Now we have to call them back and say, "Sorry about that.
The position we agreed was that yes, we as a Parliament, are willing - with the Council - to delegate such implementing powers, provided that we have the opportunity to call them back where necessary.
I'd like to award an Oscar to the inventors of the 20th century, the people from Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Edison to the Wright Brothers, I'd like to call them all up here, and they're going to call back to you.
You can call back to Detroit tomorrow and ask for an inspector Todd.
With a call back to the old.
Salt, if I call back to Hero, I'll start the tongue.

Alternatives:

ask them to return to
summon them back to
invite them to come back to
request them to return to
bring them back to

call them back at

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English when specifying a particular time or place for someone to return a call.

This phrase is used to indicate the specific time or place where someone should return a call. It is commonly used in phone conversations or communication contexts.

Examples:

Please call me back at 3 p.m. when you are free.
I will call you back at the office after lunch.
She asked him to call her back at the same number.

Alternatives:

return the call at
get back to them at
respond at
reply at
phone back at

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