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Speak Better English with Harry | Episode 441
Speak Better English with Harry
The Importance of Calling Off Things
When we call something off when we cancel or postpone it means completely postponed. A football match was called off because the pitch was covered in snow and ice from the fall of snow over the last few days. The wedding was called off when the bride or the groom got cold feet meaning they didn't want to go ahead with the wedding. So anything that is cancelled permanently would be called off. It's a phrasal verb. To call is the verb off is your preposition.
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