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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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- brush up
- by and large
- early bath
- fair and square
- fat of the land
- give it one's best shot
- give somebody pause
- go on the rampage
- go up in smoke
- grace period
- hammer home
- have truck with
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- if only
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- keep a close watch on
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- much of a muchness
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- number one
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- of late
- off-color
- old school
- on board
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- over and over
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