as in cancelling
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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While automakers are putting off and/or cancelling vehicles that only run on electrons, given high development costs and a weak market, Subaru is confident in the direction it is headed.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
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Many subscribers of Disney, ABC’s parent firm, protested the move, with some cancelling their streaming service subscriptions and hundreds marching at Disney’s Burbank office last week.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
24 Sep. 2025
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Witnesses claimed that after France’s embarrassing loss to Haiti, the French government retaliated by confiscating Ferdinand’s belongings and abandoning the child to an orphanage.—
Marlene L. Daut
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Each note testified to the transformation of a society opening to the future without abandoning its roots.—
Billboard Arabia,
Billboard,
22 Sep. 2025
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Last year, Ford confirmed a $400 million write-down after scrapping plans to launch an all-electric three-row SUV.—
Stuart Dyos,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Sep. 2025
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You are caught by surprise by the car door opening, and scream and bury your teeth in the arm of the cop trying to bring you home, scrapping all the harder for being caught unawares.—
Matthew Shen Goodman,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The president has also floated the idea of revoking liberal nonprofits' tax-exempt status, CNN reports.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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But the new policy will turn that act into a cause for revoking press credentials.—
Brian Stelter,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Crying off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crying%20off. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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