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call off

verb, noun — 5 senses

call off

verbalso spelled call-off
1

To recall; to cancel or call a halt to.

  • If you want me to call off the dog, then get off my land.
  • After four months, the police called off the search for the missing boy.
4 more examples
  • Again the opening grew dark with arms holding and guiding another terrier, and Biff began to climb. Wough! wough! wough! Soon she fell into the water. The terriers were called off. Tarka settled more easily, but Tarquol could not rest.1927, Henry William Williamson, Tarka the Otter, Chapter 19:
  • You say either and I say either, You say neither and I say neither Either, either Neither, neither Let's call the whole thing off1937, “Let's Call the Whole Thing Off”, Ira Gershwin (lyrics), George Gershwin (music):
  • National rail strikes by ASLEF members on September 15 and by RMT members on September 15 and 19 were immediately called off.2022 September 21, “Network News: Unions postpone action during period of national mourning”, in RAIL, number 966, page 15:
  • I don't wanna call it off But you don't wanna call it love You only wanna be the one that I call "baby"2024 April 5, Chappell Roan, Justin Tranter, Dan Nigro, “Good Luck, Babe!”performed by Chappell Roan:
2

To telephone in one's notice of a day's absence from work.

Derived terms
call-off, call off the dogs

call-off

noun
1

A day on which an employee has called off.

  • Employees are allowed six (6) call offs per year without disciplinary action.2003, Elizabeth A. Molle, Laura Southard Durham, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins' Administrative Medical Assisting, →ISBN:
  • On the other hand, proponents of consumer-directed care point out the obvious advantage that these services offer to participants—fewer staff call-offs and no-shows.2005, Marshall B. Kapp, Ethics, Law, and Aging Review, Volume 11, →ISBN:
1 more example
  • She looked around the table at six serious faces, including Susan's, the director of nursing. Her peers immediately began to complain about staffing problems, especially sick call-offs.2011, Helen M. Thamm, How to Manage with a Magic Wand, →ISBN:
2

A call given to a trained dog to tell it to stop doing something.

  • Two weeks prior to any certification, they begin to work their dogs on verbal call-offs from a bite or on the certification tracking standard so that on certification day the dog is able to perform up to the required standard.2021, Robert S. Eden, K9 Supervisor's Manual, page 171:
3

Business Synonym of blanket order.

  • Instead only actual prices evaluated at planned number of call-offs (using actual volumes) are used, not the actual number of call-offs.2015, Daniel Kossmann, Donald Kossmann, Complexity Management with the K-Method, page 40:

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for call off and call-off.

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