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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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- be my guest
- blow off steam
- brush up
- buy time
- carry a torch for
- child's play
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- grunt work
- haul ass
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- kiss of death
- lion
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- not half bad
- of late
- off the bat
- out of one's depth
- out of the blue
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