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cry off

cry off verb: to cancel something previously arranged with someone.

Verb

cry off (third-person singular simple present cries off, present participle crying off, simple past and past participle cried off)

  1. (ambitransitive) To cancel something previously arranged with someone.
    • Sorry, but I have to cry off the game on Saturday, as my mother-in-law is coming to visit.
    • "I—I am very sorry, Mr Carrados," stammered the curate, "but, after all, I am afraid that I must cry off. This week—"
      "If the distance takes up too much of your time, may I send a car?"1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
  2. (intransitive) To leave.
  3. (intransitive, slang) To confess; to snitch or inform on (someone).

cry off meaning in Malayalam

cry off in Malayalam

pull out, back out, cancel
വാഗ്ദാനം നിറവേറ്റാൻ വിസമ്മതിക്കുക, പിന്മാറുക, വിട്ടുപോകുക, ഒഴിഞ്ഞുമാറുക, കാലുമാറുക, അഭിപ്രായം മാറുക

Synonyms of cry off

Forms of cry off

third-person singular presentcries off
present participlecrying off
past participlecried off
pastcried off

Questions about cry off

What does cry off mean?
Cry off means to cancel something previously arranged with someone.
What is cry off in Malayalam?
Cry off in Malayalam is വാഗ്ദാനം നിറവേറ്റാൻ വിസമ്മതിക്കുക, പിന്മാറുക, വിട്ടുപോകുക. See Cry off meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is cry off?
Cry off is a verb.
What is the past tense of cry off?
The past tense of cry off is cried off.

Words near cry off in the dictionary

  1. cry in the wilderness
  2. cry into one's beer
  3. cry it out
  4. cry like a baby
  5. cry like a little girl
  6. cry off
  7. cry on
  8. cry one's eyes out
  9. cry oneself to sleep
  10. cry out
  11. cry out for

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