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call off

verb

  1. to cancel or abandon

    the game was called off because of rain

  2. to order (an animal or person) to desist or summon away

    the man called off his dog

  3. to stop (something) or give the order to stop
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The Eden Project in Cornwall has cancelled their gig in July, and others, including Glastonbury, are under pressure to call off appearances.

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A total of 45 flights have been called off from Spain, with Barcelona and Madrid airports impacted the most.

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They were scheduled to fight in October 2022 – almost 30 years after their fathers' iconic duels - but the bout was called off on two days' notice because of Benn's failed drug test.

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At the House of Commons on Tuesday, Jim McMahon, housing, communities and local government minister, renewed calls for Unite to call off the strike.

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The 27-year-old whipped in a flush right to hurt Cameron and then loaded up with several unanswered punches before the fight was, perhaps a little prematurely, called off.

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