CALL OFF Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

call off

verb

Definition of call off

as in to distract

to draw the attention or mind to something else she was about to tell me the big news when her attention was called off by the arrival of another guest

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as in to cancel

to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) called off the party after half of those invited couldn't make it

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Recent Examples of call off There was no indication Wednesday that F1 is any closer to calling off or moving the Qatar or Abu Dhabi races. — ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026 Realizing his body could no longer execute, Brees allegedly called off the comeback. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026 The two sides later launched trade talks and called off some of their most stringent measures, but tensions have remained high. — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 The Tempe Fire Department called off the search for a missing body after sending dive crews to Tempe Town Lake in response to reports of a person going underwater near the Rural Road Bridge. — David Ulloa Jr, AZCentral.com, 7 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for call off

Recent Examples of Synonyms for call off

Verb

The text was crisp and easy to read, the matte display minimized distracting reflections, and the ink paper mode made reading comfortable.

— Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 27 Sep. 2026
Some belongings are too personal, while others require an extra layer of protection Realtors can’t provide, and a few seemingly harmless items can distract buyers from your home entirely.

— Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of distract

Verb

Grande’s character was killed off in the first season, and the series was canceled after two seasons.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026
But the show was on the air for only eight months before it was canceled earlier this year; the station cited difficulty selling ads.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of cancel

Verb

In one case this summer, water from a natural spring to the Palestinian village of Fasayil was illegally diverted to an ancient pool nearby.

— Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
Or a plot to divert attention from Murphy’s blasphemy of her famously lucky number 13?

— Isabella Albaig, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of divert

Verb

The poem is about this tendency toward earth, the temptation—the closest thing to bliss in these poems—to abandon yourself to the funk of the soil and the heat of the sun.

— Max Norman, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Hnin Aye abandoned her plan to fly to Singapore and opted to cross the border illegally into Thailand.

— Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of abandon

Verb

An accident disrupts the ritual, and Keigetsu, thrown off balance, sees her spell spiral out of her control, sending the two women back into each other’s bodies.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Sabini was thrown off his bike during the crash and collided with the hood, windshield and roof of the Honda.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of throw off

Verb

Earlier this month, Santa Monica’s inaugural Ocean Way Festival was scrapped amid dangerous high surf and flooding caused by Hurricane Marie across Southern California.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026
Among them, Ed Sheeran scrapped stops at Gillette Stadium including shows set for Friday and Saturday night in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of scrap

Verb

In 2021, Cruz sought to revoke Major League Baseball’s century-old antitrust immunity after the MLB decided to move its All-Star Game from Atlanta in response to a new Georgia voting law civil rights groups had criticized as restrictive.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026
And in 2018 the administration revoked the credentials of CNN’s Jim Acosta, who successfully challenged his exclusion in court, a sequence that was repeated this week.

— Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of revoke

Verb

Flight-recorder data showed the pilots tried in the last seconds to lift off again to attempt to abort the landing and try again, but there was not enough runway left.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
Fifteen seconds after touching down, one of the pilots called for aborting the landing and the engine throttles were increased to a value consistent with go-around thrust, the NTSB said.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2026