CALL OFF
中止する

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For Life
2002.11.27

Nice to see you today! December is just around the corner, and we hope you're well and looking forward to that very special month. We've got some great fun lined up for you then.

But for now, here's the latest edition of WordMaster, hot off the presses!

Explanation

  • To call off an event is to cancel it or, if it has already begun, to end it before it has been completed.
  • call off は、イベントなどを取りやめる、または、途中でやめる、という意味です。

examples

  1. Akiko had to call off her business trip because of illness.
  2. The baseball game was called off in the 7th inning because of rain.
  3. (a woman to her boyfriend)
    We don't have anything in common anymore, and we're always fighting. Let's just call the whole thing off. [= Let's end our relationship.] 

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