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Definition of Call off

1. Verb. Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled. "Scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"

2. Verb. Give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance.

Definition of Call off

1. Verb. (transitive) To recall; to cancel or call a halt to. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Call Off

call graphs call history call in call into question call it a day call it a night call it as one sees it call it even call it quits call letters

call loan call mark call names call number call off (current term) call off the dogs call on call on the carpet call one's bluff call option

call originator call out call outs call premium call screening call sign call signs call someone's bluff call stack

Literary usage of Call off

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects by Jeremy Collier (1709)
"... be feme very important Confederation, that can call off the Fancy from Plea- fare^ and ... call off ..."

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