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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What is the hunt's intention when it takes hounds to a known fox haunt, induces them to hunt by trailing fox urine or cluster of foxes' tails and does not call the dogs off when they pursue a fox? No sympathy for hunt pack; THE BIG ISSUE by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England) His enemies scent blood - they're not about to call the dogs off. RESULT!: Labour won't grin and Blair it much longer; IN ASSOCIATION ... by The Mirror (London, England) We're not going to call the dogs off in the third or fourth quarter. USC FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: RIVALS ARE NOT VIEWED SAME by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)			call down call for call forth call forward call hogs call in call in chips call in sick call into call into question call it a day call it a night call it quits Call my service call names Call no man happy till he dies call of nature call off call off the dogs call on call on the carpet call out call over call roll call square call the dogs off call the shots call the tune call to call to account call to attention call to mind call together call up called to straw calling calm calm down came camel camp camp it up camp out campaign campaign against campaign for camper campus can count on the fingers of one hand can kiss goodbye can of worms			call sign call sign call sign Call sign for electronic warfare test range at China Lake call signal call signal Call Signalling Channel call signals call signals Call signs Call signs Call Signs And/Or Address Group Remain Same call slip call something in call something to someone's attention Call spread Call spreads call square Call stack Call State Block Call State Control Function Call Supervision Message Call swaption Call Swaptions Call Switch Module Call Switching Mode Call syndrome Call TAKing Call the Cell call the dogs off Call the Option Call the question call the roll call the shots call the shots call the shots call the shots call the shots call the shots call the tune call the tune call the tune call the tune call the tune call the tune Call Them Collect Call Them to Confirm Call Through Simulator Call Through Test Plan call to call to account call to account call to account call to account call to account call to account Call to Action Call to Action, Nebraska Call to arms Call to Arms (Lu Xun)

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