calling off
Ending something scheduled
Calling off means canceling something that was planned or scheduled: They're calling off the wedding, The search was called off at nightfall.
It can also mean summoning someone or something to stop an action, especially an attack: Call off your dogs.
The phrase suggests withdrawing from a commitment or halting something already in motion.
- abortingStopping before completion
- cancellationVoiding of plans
- pulling the plugEnding something definitively
- revocationOfficial cancellation of privilege
- postponementDelaying to later
rain check · scrapping · annulment · cold feet · suspension · abandonment · rescind · backtrack · shelve · nix · no deal · withdraw · recision · disengage · backing out · reschedule · discontinuation · dissolving
- cancellationsflight cancellation, trip cancellation, contract cancellation, annulment, revocation
- reversalsreverse, undo, revert, overturn, flip
- outfield playsdiving catch, leaping catch, fly ball, deep fly, can of corn
calling offgoing ahead with
Continuing as planned
continuing · following through · going through with · keeping on · seeing through
calling offstarting
Initiating an action
beginning · launching · initiating · kicking off · commencing
calling offgoing through with
Completing a commitment despite hesitation
following through · confirming · seeing through · reaffirming · greenlit
call, off, calls, called, caller, callers, calling, callback, callbacks