Call off
(PW) cancel
The game was called off because of rain.
(MW)
Main Entry: call off
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1633
1 : to draw away : divert
2 : cancel
(dictionary)
call off,
a. to distract; take away: Please call off your dog.
b. to cancel (something) that had been planned for a certain date: The performance was called off because of rain.
(free)
call someone (or an animal) off someone or something and call someone or an animal off
to request that someone or an animal stop bothering or pursuing someone or something; to call a halt to an attack by someone or an animal. Please call your dogs off my brother. Call off your spying on me, or else!
call something off
to cancel an event. It's too late to call the party off. The first guests have already arrived. Because of rain, they called off the baseball game.
call off something also call something off
to decide not to do something that was planned Why should I call off the trip when I've already paid for it?
(usingEnglish)
Meaning: Cancel
Example: The concert had to be CALLED OFF because the singer went down with a bad case of flu.
