CRY OFF Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

cry off

verb

Definition of cry off

as in to cancel

to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) their film deal had been abruptly cried off, and now the filmmakers were back to square one

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Recent Examples of cry off People were crying off-camera a lot. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026 Here are 9 waterproof eyeliner that not even a level 100 Cancer would not cry off. — Sarah Han, Allure, 21 Nov. 2024 Hoda Kotb's Today show departure announcement is causing a lot of tears from her colleagues, including Savannah Guthrie who cried off her glam! — Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024 How can the guys and gals do all this without crying off their makeup, or busting a seam on one of their tight-fitting getups? — oregonlive, 24 May 2023

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The warrants were canceled a day later following an arraignment.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
At early voting sites and on Election Day, a voter can hand in and cancel their vote-by-mail ballot at the polls and vote with a regular ballot instead.

— Ruth Abramovitz, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of cancel

Verb

One particularly stubborn bottleneck automatically sent recruits who wore glasses for screening for rare disqualifying eye conditions, a requirement officials eventually scrapped.

— Steven Beynon, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
But local politicians and parties to the settlement say scrapping the Biden-era pact would require years of federal review and public engagement.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of scrap

Verb

In response to these findings, the Twin Rivers Unified School District voted in January to revoke the school’s charter.

— Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Following the display, Budnik's official recognition was revoked and organizers sought the return of his physical gold medal, according to reports.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of revoke

Verb

This enables the operator to identify and track targets, launch precise attacks and abort the mission, if necessary in order to respond to changing operational conditions.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026
In May of last year, an Army helicopter that was instructed to fly over the Pentagon helipad forced controllers to order two flights to abort landings at Reagan National Airport to prevent collisions.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of abort

Verb

After public pushback, state legislators backtracked and repealed some of the requirements.

— Lauren Sommer, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026
If approved by voters, the top-two primary would be repealed and the system would revert to its prior version, insuring every qualified political party could have a candidate advance in the primary to the general election.

— Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of repeal

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