| VERB | social | call off, cancel, scratch, scrub | postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled |
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| motion | call off, call | give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance |
| Meaning | postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Call off the engagement" | |
| Synonyms | cancel, scratch, scrub | |
| Entails | schedule | make a schedule / schedule |
| Entailed by | postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off | hold back to a later time |
| Spanish | cancelar | |
| Catalan | cancel·lar | |
| Meaning | Give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | call | |
| Entails | square dance | dance in formation |
| Spanish | llamar | |
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