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call off
verb
1. postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled (Freq. 1)
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Call off the engagement

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cancel the dinner party

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we had to scrub our vacation plans

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scratch that meeting—the chair is ill

• Syn: ↑cancel, ↑scratch, ↑scrub
• Derivationally related forms: ↑cancellation (for: ↑cancel)
• Entailment: ↑schedule
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

2. give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
• Syn: ↑call
• Derivationally related forms: ↑caller (for: ↑call)
• Entailment: ↑square dance
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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call off [phrasal verb]
1 call off (something) or call (something) off : to stop doing or planning to do (something)

We had to call off [=cancel] our trip.

The police have decided to call the investigation off. [=to stop the investigation]

2 call off (someone or something) or call (someone or something) off : to cause or tell (a person or animal) to stop attacking, chasing, etc.

The dog was barking and growling at me until its owner called it off.

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Main Entry: ↑call

Useful english dictionary. 2012.