call off the dogs

短语

停止追踪, 中断不愉快的谈话

发音

AU

词形变化

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释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To ease up on after inflicting great punishment.

    习语
  2. 2.

    During a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent.

    习语 体育

    Doing the opponents an obvious favor, the football coach decided to call off the dogs early after his team was up 56-0.