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call off (verb)

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  • call off — verb 1. postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled (Freq. 1) Call off the engagement cancel the dinner party we had to scrub our vacation plans scratch that meeting the chair is ill • Syn: ↑cancel, ↑scratch …   Useful english dictionary

  • call off — verb To recall; to cancel or call a halt to. If you want me to call off the dog, then get off my land …   Wiktionary

  • call off the dogs — verb a) To ease up on after inflicting great punishment. Doing the opponents an obvious favor, the football coach decided to call off the dogs early after his team was up 56 0. b) During a one sided sports contest, to remove the first string unit …   Wiktionary

  • call off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms call off : present tense I/you/we/they call off he/she/it calls off present participle calling off past tense called off past participle called off 1) a) to decide that something will not happen She s called… …   English dictionary

  • call off — PHRASAL VERB If you call off an event that has been planned, you cancel it. [V P n (not pron)] He has called off the trip... [V n P] The union threatened a strike but called it off at the last minute …   English dictionary

  • call off — phr verb Call off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑alert, ↑demonstration, ↑hunt, ↑meeting, ↑search, ↑strike, ↑wedding …   Collocations dictionary

  • call off — transitive verb Date: 1633 1. to draw away ; divert < her attention was called off by a new arrival > 2. cancel < call the trip off > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • call off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. cancel, postpone, discontinue, halt; see cancel 2 , stop 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. cancel, postpone, *scrub, abort, *kill. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To decide not to go ahead with (something previously… …   English dictionary for students

  • call out — verb 1. utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy (Freq. 12) I won! he exclaimed Help! she cried I m here, the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost • Syn: ↑exclaim, ↑cry, ↑cry out, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • call — ► VERB 1) cry out to (someone) in order to summon them or attract their attention. 2) telephone. 3) (of a bird or animal) make its characteristic cry. 4) pay a brief visit. 5) give a specified name or description to. 6) fix a date or time for (a… …   English terms dictionary

  • call it a day — verb stop doing what one is doing At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books • Syn: ↑call it quits • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue, ↑stop, ↑cease, ↑give up, ↑quit, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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