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English verb: call off | |||
| 1. | call off (social) postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled | ||
| Samples | Call off the engagement. Cancel the dinner party. We had to scrub our vacation plans. Scratch that meeting--the chair is ill. | ||
| Synonyms | cancel, scratch, scrub | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Entail | schedule | ||
| 2. | call off (motion) give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance | ||
| Synonyms | call | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Entail | square dance | ||
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