cancel call
1call off — transitive verb Date: 1633 1. to draw away ; divert < her attention was called off by a new arrival > 2. cancel < call the trip off > …
2cancel — can·cel vt celed or celled, cel·ing, or, cel·ling 1: to destroy the force, validity, or effectiveness of: as a: to render (one s will or a provision in one s will) ineffective by purposely making marks through or otherwise marring the text of… …
3cancel — [v1] call off; erase abolish, abort, abrogate, annul, ax, black out, blot out, break, break off, countermand, cross out, cut, deface, delete, destroy, do away with, do in, efface, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, finish off*, go back on one’s word* …
4call — [kôl] vt. [ME callen < Late OE ceallian & or < ON kalla < IE base * gal , to scream, shriek > Brythonic galw, call, Ger klage & (?) MIr gall, swan] 1. to say or read in a loud tone; shout; announce [to call the names of stations] 2.… …
5call — [n1] yelled statement alarm, calling, command, cry, hail, holler*, scream, shout, signal, whoop, yawp, yell; concept 278 call [n2] demand, announcement appeal, bidding, command, invitation, notice, order, plea, proposal, request, solicitation,… …
6call off — ► call off cancel (an event or agreement). Main Entry: ↑call …
7call something off — cancel an event or agreement. → call …
8call off — [v] discontinue abandon, abort, break off, cancel, desist, drop, kill*, postpone, scrub*, withdraw; concepts 18,211,234 …
9call something off — CANCEL, abandon, scrap, drop, axe; informal scrub, nix; N. Amer. informal redline. → call …
10call off summit — cancel a conference of high level officials …
