call off

中止する、取りやめる、呼び戻す

予定した活動を取りやめたり、人や動物に行動をやめるよう命じたりすること。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： 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.)

類義語： cancel, halt, stop

よく使う表現： call off something, call off the search, call off the dogs

中止する、取りやめる

予定されていた行事を行わないと決めること。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： 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.)

類義語： cancel, scrap

よく使う表現： call off an event, call off a meeting, call off the wedding