cries off

present tense third-person singular of cry off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cries off
Verb
  • Nobody enjoys the friend who confirms twice and cancels an hour out, or the collaborator who vanishes mid-project.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Trump cancels Iran strikes at countries' request ahead of Monday negotiations.
    , FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Pantani, as so often in his career, crashes and abandons the race.
    Duncan Alexander, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • When Moore finally abandons the pretense and focuses in earnest on his presidential ambitions, the damage to Maryland will be incalculable and likely irreparable.
    Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2026
Verb
  • Now, so this rule changes that policy and pretty much scraps the requirement for those interviews to take place, which are really kind of integral to the process.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The current proposal before the board scraps 800 jobs, but community pushback has delayed the decision.
    Natalie La Roche Pietri, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • In the event that an operator aborts an interception, the drone will fly back to base ready to be used again — a potential major cost-saver.
    Alex Holmes, NBC news, 12 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • When vulnerabilities are found in shims, Microsoft revokes them.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026
  • The Netherlands is the only EU country that automatically revokes the citizenship of its nationals in the event of gaining dual nationality with a non-EU country.
    Colin Millar, New York Times, 1 May 2026
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“Cries off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cries%20off. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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