call off

call off
transitive verb
(cancel) absagen [Treffen, Verabredung]; rückgängig machen [Geschäft]; lösen [Verlobung]; (stop, end) abbrechen, (ugs.) abblasen [Streik]

call off your dogs! — rufen Sie Ihre Hunde zurück!

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(to cancel: The party's been called off.) absagen
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◆ call off
vt
1.
▪ to \call off off ⇆ sth (cancel) etw absagen; (stop) etw abbrechen [o fam abblasen]
to \call off off ⇆ a concert/meeting ein Konzert/eine Besprechung absagen
to \call off off ⇆ a deal ein Geschäft rückgängig machen
to \call off off ⇆ an engagement eine Verlobung lösen
to \call off off ⇆ a search eine Suche abbrechen [o fam abblasen
to \call off off one's dog seinen Hund zurückrufen
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1. vt sep
1) (= cancel) appointment, holiday absagen; deal rückgängig machen; strike absagen, abblasen (inf); (= end) abbrechen; engagement lösen

let's call the whole thing off — blasen wir die ganze Sache ab (inf)

2) dog zurückrufen

to call off the dogs (fig) — die Angriffe einstellen, die Hetzhunde zurückpfeifen (inf)

2. vi
absagen
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call off v/t
1. einen Hund etc zurückrufen
2. a) jemanden (von seinem Posten) abberufen
b) SPORT einen Spieler aus dem Spiel nehmen
3. jemandes Aufmerksamkeit etc ablenken (from von)
4. einen Streik etc
a) absagen, abblasen umg
b) abbrechen
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transitive verb
(cancel) absagen [Treffen, Verabredung]; rückgängig machen [Geschäft]; lösen [Verlobung]; (stop, end) abbrechen, (ugs.) abblasen [Streik]

call off your dogs! — rufen Sie Ihre Hunde zurück!

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v.
absagen v.
rückgängig machen ausdr.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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