CALLING OFF Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

calling off 1 of 2

noun

as in cancelation

the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to the calling off of the senior prom is not going to go over well

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calling off

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verb

present participle of call off

as in distracting

to draw the attention or mind to something else she was about to tell me the big news when her attention was called off by the arrival of another guest

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as in cancelling

to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) called off the party after half of those invited couldn't make it

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This also avoids a brightness instability problem that can afflict the TV’s Standard mode, where the image suffers distracting brightness ‘jumps’ or ‘drops’ when an HDR image cuts abruptly between bright and dark shots.

John Archer, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
The boy’s life is organized around distracting himself, especially since his mother (Jodie Whittaker) works long days and nights as a nurse.

Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Oct. 2024

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