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Verb: call off  kol óf
  1. Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
    "Call off the engagement";
    - cancel, scratch, scrub [informal], scrap
     
  2. Give the calls (to the dancers) for a square dance
    "The experienced caller called off the steps for the square dance";
    - call

Derived forms: called off, calling off, calls off

Type of: defer, give, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put back, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table [N. Amer]