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单词 call sth off
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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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call sth off

phrasal verb with call uk/kɔːl/usverb

to decide that something that has already been planned will not happen:

The companies called off their merger plans late Monday citing 'adverse market conditions'.
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