cry off

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الإنجليزية - التركية
sözünden dönmek
su koyuvermek
caymak
{f} vazgeçmek
{k} (deyim) vaz gecmek
الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
To cancel something that one has previously arranged with someone

Sorry, but I have to cry off the game on Saturday, as my mother-in-law is coming to visit.

If you cry off, you tell someone that you cannot do something that you have agreed or arranged to do. Barron invited her to the races and she agreed, but she caught flu and had to cry off at the last minute
{f} cancel, withdraw from an agreement
cry off

    التركية النطق

    kray ôf

    المترادفات

    beg off

    النطق

    /ˈkrī ˈôf/ /ˈkraɪ ˈɔːf/

    علم أصول الكلمات

    [ 'krI ] (verb.) 13th century. cry + off
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