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• 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 a hunger strike — terminate a hunger strike, end a hunger strike …   English contemporary dictionary

• call off a strike — end a strike …   English contemporary dictionary

• strike action — ➔ action * * * strike action UK US noun [U] HR, WORKPLACE ► a situation in which a group of workers refuse to work because they are not satisfied with their pay, working conditions, etc.: »White collar workers are expected to announce strike… …   Financial and business terms

• call — [kôl] vt. [ME callen < Late OE ceallian & or < ON kalla < IE base * gal , to scream, shriek > Brythonic galw, call, Ger klage & (?) MIr gall, swan] 1. to say or read in a loud tone; shout; announce [to call the names of stations] 2.… …   English World 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 option — This article is about financial options. For call options in general, see Option (law). A call option, often simply labeled a call , is a financial contract between two parties, the buyer and the seller of this type of option.[1] The buyer of the …   Wikipedia

• strike — strike1 W3S3 [straık] v past tense and past participle struck [strʌk] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hit)¦ 2¦(hit with hand/weapon etc)¦ 3¦(thought/idea)¦ 4 strike somebody as (being) something 5¦(stop work)¦ 6¦(attack)¦ 7¦(harm)¦ 8¦(something bad happens)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• strike — strikeless, adj. /struyk/, v., struck or (Obs.) strook; struck or (esp. for 31 34) stricken or (Obs.) strook; striking; n., adj. v.t. 1. to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit …   Universalium