单词 | to declare off |
释义 | > as lemmasto declare off 9. to declare off: to state formally that one is ‘off’ with a bargain or undertaking; to break off an engagement, practice, etc.; to withdraw, back out. colloquial. (Rarely transitive) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise starta1450 fang1522 recidivate1528 to draw back1572 flinch1578 to shrink collar1579 retract1616 to shrink out of the collar1636 renege1651 to fly off1667 to slip (the) collarc1677 to declare off1749 to cry off1775 to back out1807 to fight off1833 crawfish1848 welsh1871 to pull out1884 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones V. xv. ix. 268 Propose Marriage..and she will declare off in a Moment. View more context for this quotation 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. xiii. 126 No, I declare off; I'll fight no more. 1791 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 19 I contrived to get clear by declaring off from being a candidate. 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 188 Many declared off their bets. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda IV. viii. lxiv. 272 When it came to the point, Mr. Haynes declared off, and there has been no one to take it since. < as lemmas |
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