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call off

2 syllables

Quick answer

As a verb, call off means postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled.

Meanings of call off

2 meanings

verb

Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
“Call off the engagement”
“cancel the dinner party”
“we had to scrub our vacation plans”
Similar: cancel, scratch, scrub
Give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
Similar: call

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

verb: postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled

cancel scratch scrub

verb: give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance

Nearby words

call back call box call down call for call forth call in call on call out call up calla callable callback