cry off

verb

Definition of cry offnext
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cry off
  1. cancel
  2. abandon
  3. scrap
  4. revoke
  5. abort
  6. repeal
Verb
  • Moghal said she was contacted by StubHub and told her tickets would remain canceled, then was later told the tickets would be available one hour before the game.
    — Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Last night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz abruptly canceled a public event to hold an emergency security meeting.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 9 July 2026
Definition of cancel
Verb
  • In 1984, siblings Ramon, Ricard and Elvira were abandoned in a Barcelona train station with no luggage, no identification and no information about their family.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • The government is somewhere in the middle – approving emergency AC units for hospitals while trying not to be seen as abandoning France’s insulation-first approach to heat.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
Definition of abandon
Verb
  • Trump said early Friday said that the United States and Iran have agreed to continue peace talks, even though the ceasefire established by last month's preliminary deal has been scrapped.
    — Azhar Sukri, CNBC, 11 July 2026
  • Jackson also called on her colleagues to scrap a test for gun regulations that that the court created in a landmark 2022 decision.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 11 July 2026
Definition of scrap
Verb
  • The United States also issued a waiver for Iran to sell oil on the global market as part of the MOU, a major concession that briefly offered the country an economic lifeline before it was revoked July 7.
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 8 July 2026
  • However, Disney, the parent company of ABC, revoked the suspension and the show has remained on air since.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of revoke
Verb
  • The launch came after multiple weather delays, as well as a software issue that aborted a Thursday launch attempt and was fixed with an update.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
  • An unpiloted test flight in December 2019 failed to reach the space station, aborted its mission, and came home early.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
Definition of abort
Verb
  • However, the City Council at the time repealed the measure and called it unworkable.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 7 July 2026
  • Most of those restrictions were repealed in 1985, but the weekend sale restriction for car dealerships remained in place.
    — Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2026
Definition of repeal

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“Cry off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cry%20off. Accessed 13 Jul. 2026.

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