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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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- let go
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- answer on a postcard
- as if
- beat a dead horse
- call it quits
- creature comfort
- dry run
- fine line
- gear up
- get by the balls
- get into trouble
- give birth
- give somebody pause
- good job
- hit a snag
- if only
- in detail
- in light of
- in touch
- jolly someone along
- keep an eye out
- keep quiet
- kick ass
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- labor of love
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- lion
- lip service
- low-hanging fruit
- much of a muchness
- nail biter
- not half bad
- of late
- off and on
- off-color
- old school
- out of gas
- out of house and home
- out of line
- out of one's depth
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