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call the dogs off

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call the dogs off .
1. Lit. to order hunting or watch dogs to abandon their quarry. They robber gave up and the guard called the dogs off. Call off the dogs!
2. Fig. to stop threatening, chasing, or hounding [a person]. Tell the sheriff to call off the dogs. We caught the robber. Okay, you've caught me! Please call your dogs off!
See also: call, dog


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We're not going to call the dogs off in the third or fourth quarter.
He has also contacted my press representatives and asked me to call the dogs off.
 
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