call off

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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, scrub
• Derivationally related forms:
cancellation (for: cancel)
• Entailment:
schedule
• Verb Frames:
- 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:
- Somebody ----s