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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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- blow off steam
- brass ring
- cut it out
- down the drain
- dry run
- ears are burning
- eat one's hat
- fair and square
- family jewels
- first port of call
- flesh out
- from the word go
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- no joy
- not be caught dead
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- out of line
- out of one's depth
- out of order
- price is right
- pull one's weight
- quick-and-dirty
- ride roughshod over
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