Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To recall; to cancel or call a halt to.

    If you want me to call off the dog, then get off my land.

    After four months, the police called off the search for the missing boy.

    absagen

    отзыватьotzyvatʹ, отменятьotmenjatʹ

    відміня́тиvidminjáty, відклика́тиvidklykáty

  2. (intransitive)To telephone in one's notice of a day's absence from work.

More definitions
  • give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
  • postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled

Examples

149 sentences
  1. I had to call off the party.

    Вечірку довелося скасувати.

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  2. Tom wants to call off the marriage.

    Том хоче скасувати весілля.

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  3. The committee decided to call off the strike.

    Комітет вирішив відкликати страйк.

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  4. The game was called off.

    Гру було скасовано.

    ruИгра была отменена.

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  5. They called off their engagement.

    Вони скасували заручини.

    ruОни отменили свою помолвку.

    deSie lösten ihre Verlobung auf.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to cancel:
Русский
By meaning 1
to cancel:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to cancel:

Forms

calls off, calling off, called off, called off
Base formcall off · to call off
3rd person singularcalls off
Present participlecalling off
Past simplecalled off
Past participlecalled off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycall off
he, she, itcalls off

Past simpleLesson

all personscalled off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave called off
he, she, ithas called off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill call off

Phrasal verbs

14 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance:call
  • postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled:cancelscratchscrub

Word family

1 related words
Derivedcall-off

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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