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call off the dogs |
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call off the dogs to stop attacking or criticizing someone The bank has agreed to call off the dogs until we can get the business up and running again. call off the dogs also call off your dogs to cause people to stop attacking or criticizing someone It's time to call off the dogs and let her get back to doing her job. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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His coach, 17-year veteran Mike Herrington, would love nothing more than to simply call off the dogs. My question is: Who is going to call off the dogs at Internal Affairs when all the personnel complaints roll in? ``He was crying uncle,'' Sabo said, ``and he told me to call off the dogs. |
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