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21cancel out — v. eliminate the effect of something …
22cancel out — destroy the effect of something The benefits of her exercise were cancelled out by her always overeating …
23call something off — cancel an event or agreement. → call …
24call something off — CANCEL, abandon, scrap, drop, axe; informal scrub, nix; N. Amer. informal redline. → call …
25delay - cancel - postpone — ◊ delay If you delay doing something, you do it at a later time. The government delayed granting passports to them until a week before their departure. Try and persuade them to delay some of the changes. If a plane, train, ship, or bus is delayed …
26Rescind or amend something previously adopted — The motion to rescind, repeal, or annul is used in parliamentary procedure to cancel or countermand a previous action or order. Explanation and Use Rescind, repeal, or annul (RONR) Class Motion that brings a question again before the assembly In… …
27in the event of something — in the event of (something) if something should happen. In the event of war, we have to be prepared to send in troops. Travel insurance protects you in the event that you have to cancel your trip. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form in the… …
28build in something — build in (something) to include a feature when something is being put together. You should build in some way to cancel the contract if things don t work out. Software developers built in a word processor …
29write something off — 1) write someone/something off dismiss someone or something as insignificant the boy had been written off as a nonachiever 2) cancel the record of a bad debt; acknowledge the loss of or failure to recover an asset he urged the banks to write off… …
30write something off — 1》 (write someone/thing off) dismiss someone or something as insignificant. 2》 cancel the record of a bad debt; acknowledge the failure to recover an asset. 3》 Brit. damage a vehicle so badly that it cannot be repaired. → write …
