call off

cancelar, suspender, hacer retroceder

Cancelar una actividad prevista u ordenar a una persona o animal que deje de hacer algo.

En inglés sencillo: To cancel a planned activity or tell someone or an animal to stop an action.

• They called off the meeting.
• The police called off the search at midnight.
• Call your dog off before it bites someone.

Cómo se usa: call off something (They called off the match because of rain.); call someone/something off (The owner called his dog off.); call it off (We decided to call it off.)

Sinónimos: cancel, halt, stop

Expresiones frecuentes: call off something, call off the search, call off the dogs

cancelar, suspender

Decidir que un evento previsto no se celebrará.

En inglés sencillo: To decide that a planned event will not happen.

• We called off the party.
• They called the match off because of heavy rain.
• Will you call off the trip if it snows?

Cómo se usa: call off something (They called off the party.); call something off (She called the wedding off.); call it off (The storm forced us to call it off.)

Sinónimos: cancel, scrap

Expresiones frecuentes: call off an event, call off a meeting, call off the wedding