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To recall; to cancel or call a halt to.
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The police called off the search for the missing boy.
Submitted on October 12, 2012
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- as long as
- at once
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- bite one's tongue
- breathe easy
- center field
- chip off the old block
- dead on
- down the drain
- every which way
- eye candy
- fair game
- fine line
- flower
- fly off the handle
- food chain
- for crying out loud
- go for it
- go without saying
- grunt work
- hack it
- hand in hand
- in heaven's name
- in line
- is the pope catholic
- keep an eye on
- keep one on one's toes
- lie through one's teeth
- lip service
- low-hanging fruit
- lump in one's throat
- make headway
- make out like a bandit
- middle ground
- nervous as a cat
- no holds barred
- on a roll
- one another
- one fell swoop
- out of character
- out of house and home
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