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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
More phrases:
- carry out
- check out
- narrow down
- read out
- reckon without
- squirrel away
- strike through
- throw a fit
- throw out
- turn back
- wail on
- at peace
- at the ready
- beat around the bush
- bells and whistles
- bright line
- chew the fat
- chip off the old block
- down the drain
- drop a dime
- eat one's hat
- fat chance
- free-for-all
- fresh start
- give a ring
- go blue
- grain of salt
- ground rules
- heart to heart
- in heaven's name
- long row to hoe
- lower the boom
- make headway
- middle of nowhere
- move heaven and earth
- muckety muck
- nugget of truth
- nuts and bolts
- on its merits
- on the horn
- on top of the world
- out of house and home
- out of order
- out of proportion
- outside the box
- own up
- pachyderm
- pencil-neck
- play one's cards right
- play the race card
- price is right
- pull one's weight
- put together
- rock the boat
- roll out the red carpet
- same old story
- set one's cap at
- small fry
- spic and span
- spin one's wheels
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