CALL OFF
1. To call off something (or call something off) is to cancel a planned event, or an event that has already started.
Examples of use:
- They are calling off the tennis match because of the rain.
- They called off their wedding.
- Mike is ill so we will have to call the party off.
- News headline: Spain airport strike called off.
- The police called off their search for the burglar after they found him hiding in a shed.
- The Bahrain Grand Prix has been called off.
2. To call off somebody or something (or call somebody or something off) is to give a command to somebody or something (e.g. a dog) to leave someone alone, or to stop attacking someone.
Examples of use:
- Call off your dog!
- The General called off his troops.
- OK, I agree to your demands. You can call your lawyers off now.
| infinitive | call off |
| present simple | call off and calls off |
| -ing form | calling off |
| past simple | called off |
| past participle | called off |