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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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- zoom down
- above the law
- at peace
- bite one's tongue
- call it quits
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- fair and square
- fall off a truck
- feather in one's cap
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- fresh legs
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- half-baked
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- hit the spot
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- home stretch
- hot potato
- keep one on one's toes
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- no frills
- on edge
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