verb (tr, adverb)
to cancel or abandonthe game was called off because of rain
to order (an animal or person) to desist or summon awaythe man called off his dog
to stop (something) or give the order to stop
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Words nearby call off
call market,
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call of duty,
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call on the carpet,
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How to use call off in a sentence
Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
Note: UNICOR uses its inmates for everything from call center operators to human demolishers of old computers.
This is the Mexico that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and most major U.S. corporations, are eager to call amigo.
Al Qaeda has never managed to carve out a large chunk of real estate to call its own—in Afghanistan it was a guest of the Taliban.
Everything is topsy-turvy in Europe according to our moral ideas, and they don't have what we call "men" over here.
It was like his beautiful courtesy to call me in and introduce me to Blow instead of letting me go away.
A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
After an hour, however, he reached this decision: He would not go to or call up Mrs. Merley.
"I call you," the policeman said, and stripping the saddle and bridle from his sweaty horse, turned him loose to graze.
Other Idioms and Phrases with call off
1Summon away, restrain, as in Please call off your dog. [Early 1600s]
2Cancel some plan or undertaking, as in She decided to call off their engagement, or In case of rain the picnic will be called off. [Late 1800s]
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