call sth off
— phrasal verb with call uk/kɔːl/us/kɑːl/verb
B2 to decide that a planned event, especially a sports event, will not happen, or to end an activity because it is no longer useful or possible:
Tomorrow's match has been called off because of the icy weather.
The police have called off the search for the missing child until dawn tomorrow.
More examples
- They've called off the wedding.
- We had to call off the party because of his health.
- The wedding was planned for June and they've just called the whole thing off.
- Is it too late to call it off?
- They've had to call off the match at the last minute.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cancelling and interrupting
- adjourn
- adjourn to somewhere
- arrest
- break
- call
- cancel
- cancellation
- curtail
- cut
- disturb
- in midstream idiom
- interrupt
- kick
- kick sth into touch idiom
- midstream
- mothball
- nullify
- pause
- shut (sth) off
- stop
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