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call off - cancel (phrasal verb)

CALL OFF: Cancel

• Meaning: cancel / suspend meeting, appointment, strike, search.
• sounds like: / kɔ: l ɔ: f / (click on the link to learn it sounds)
  figured pronunciation: colof
• How is conjugated: call off, call off (past tense), call off (past participle)
• Example: They call off the meeting at the last moment. (click on the word for how it sounds.) cancel the meeting at the last minute.
• Video: Listen this beautiful song called "Call off the search" (off the search). Look when he says "Now that I've found you I'll call off (colof) the search. "Now that I've found, I will suspend the search. Here you have the lyrics of the song. Does this have anything to do with the" COLOF on "the book was canceled? Read the story below.
History

unlikely to remember "call off":

Santillena In the editorial had just published a book when they realized that the colophon (footnote in the book that the name of the printer, place and date print) was wrong, instead of "Santillena" put "Santiballena." The director general called a meeting to CANCEL the COLOF ng. See picture above, when it is canceled COLOF ng.



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