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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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- at a loss for words
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- chow down
- common-or-garden
- fair game
- full speed ahead
- get a jump on
- get one's claws into
- get somebody's goat
- go without saying
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- if only
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- lump in one's throat
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- nuts and bolts
- odds and ends
- old school
- on a roll
- on one's toes
- on steroids
- on the pill
- one-off
- out of order
- pass on
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