CRY OFF

Meaning of CRY OFF in English

cry off phrasal verb British English ( see also ↑ cry )

to say that you cannot do something that you have already promised to do ⇨ cancel :

Leah and I were going to go to Morocco together, but at the last moment she cried off.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

CRY OFF — verb Date: 1775 intransitive verb to beg off, transitive verb to call off (as a bargain)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CRY OFF — verb transitive verb : to call off (as a bargain) intransitive verb chiefly Britain : to excuse oneself (as from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRY OFF — v. cancel, withdraw from an agreement
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CRY OFF — Date: 1775 intransitive verb chiefly British : to beg off transitive verb : to call off (as a bargain)
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CRY OFF — Function: intransitive verb Date: 1775 chiefly British : to beg off transitive verb : to call off (as a bargain)
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CRY OFF — informal go back on a promise or fail to keep to an arrangement. → cry
Concise Oxford English vocab
CRY OFF — [cry off] vt (1928): to call off (as a bargain) ~ vi, chiefly Brit: to beg off
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CRY OFF — ( BrE , informal ) to say that you cannot do sth that you promised to do : She said …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRY OFF — If you cry off , you tell someone that you cannot do something that you have agreed or arranged to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRY OFF — If you ~, you tell someone that you cannot do something that you have agreed or arranged to do. Barron …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
CRY OFF — Function: verb Synonyms: BACK DOWN , back off, back out, backpedal, backwater, crawfish (out), declare off, renege, resile, welsh
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CRY OFF — verb Synonyms: back down , back off, back out, backpedal, backwater, crawfish (out), declare off, renege, resile, welsh
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRY OFF — (informal) BACK OUT, pull out, cancel, withdraw, beg off, excuse oneself, change one's mind; informal get cold feet, cop out. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRY OFF — отказываться от сделки, намерения и т. п., идти на попятный Jim had arranged to play in the game, but he …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CRY OFF — phr v 1> отговориться ( от чего-л. ); отказаться ( от обещания ) he tried to cry off after swearing …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CRY OFF — отказываться от сделки, намерения и т. п., идти на понятный
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
CRY OFF — phr v 1) отговориться ( от чего-л. ); отказаться ( от обещания ) he tried to ~ after swearing he …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
CRY OFF — phr v 1> отговориться ( от чего-л. ); отказаться ( от обещания ) he tried to cry off after swearing …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
CRY OFF — v. отказываться от сделки или намерения, идти на попятный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CRY OFF — v. отказываться от сделки или намерения, идти на попятный
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
CRY OFF — фраз. гл. отказываться от сделки, намерения; идти на попятный Jim had arranged to play in the game, but he cried …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
CRY OFF — фраз. гл. отказываться от сделки, намерения; идти на попятный Jim had arranged to play in the game, but he cried off …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
CRY OFF — отказываться от сделки, намерения и т. п., идти на понятный Jim had arranged to play in the game, but he …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
CRY OFF — отказываться от сделки, намерения и т. п., идти на понятный Jim had arranged to play in the game, but he …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
CRY OFF — отказываться от сделки, намерения и т. п., идти на понятный
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
CRY OFF — отказываться от сделки, намерения и т. п., идти на попятный Jim had arranged to play in the game, but he …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRY — I. ˈkrī verb ( cried ; cried ; crying ; cries ) Etymology: Middle English crien, from Old French crier, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OFF — /awf, of/ , adv. 1. so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CRY — /kruy/ , v. , cried, crying , n. , pl. cries . v.i. 1. to utter inarticulate sounds, esp. of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OFF — I. ˈȯf adverb Etymology: Middle English of, from Old English — more at of Date: before 12th century 1. a. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CRY — I. ˈkrī verb ( cried ; cry·ing ) Etymology: Middle English crien, from Anglo-French crier, from Latin quiritare to make …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OFF — adv denoting opposition or negation. 2. off ·interj away; begone; a command to depart. 3. off ·adv in a …
Webster English vocab
CRY — vi a pack of hounds. 2. cry ·vi common report; fame. 3. cry ·vi importunate supplication. 4. cry ·vi outcry; …
Webster English vocab
CRY — [cry] vb cried ; cry.ing [ME crien, fr. OF crier, fr. L quiritare to make a public outcry, perh. fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OFF — / ɒf; NAmE ɔːf; ɑːf/ adverb , preposition , adjective , noun , verb ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRY — / kraɪ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( cries , cry·ing , cried , cried ) 1. cry …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OFF — I. off 1 S1 W1 /ɒf $ ɒːf/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . away from a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CRY — I. cry 1 S2 W2 /kraɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle cried , present participle crying …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CRY — v. & n. --v. (cries, cried) 1 intr. (often foll. by out) make a loud or shrill sound, esp. to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. adv. 1 away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CRY — v. & n. v. (cries, cried) 1 intr. (often foll. by out) make a loud or shrill sound, esp. to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OFF — adv., prep., adj., & n. --adv. 1. away; at or to a distance (drove off; is three miles off). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
CRY — v. & n. --v. (cries, cried) 1. intr. (often foll. by out) make a loud or shrill sound, esp. to …
Oxford English vocab
OFF — The preposition is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/. The adverb is pronounced /ɒf, AM ɔ:f/ Frequency: The word is one of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CRY — ( cries, crying, cried) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CRY — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cry/howl/bellow etc of rage ▪ She remembered his cries of rage as he …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CRY
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OFF — adj. sup off sup off or up back off blow off bring off buck off bug off bump off burn …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CRY — n. battle cry cry down cry off cry out cry up rallying cry war cry
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CRY — n. Function: noun 1 Synonyms: BATTLE CRY , motto, rallying cry, war cry Related Words: slogan 2 Synonyms: REPORT 1, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CRY — I. verb 1. Synonyms: call 1, hallo, holler, hollo, shout, vociferate, yell Related Word: bleat 2. to show distress, grief, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRY — I. noun 1 shout/loud noise ADJECTIVE ▪ great , loud ▪ faint , little , low , small , soft …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
CRY — See ↑ CRY 1, ↑ SHOUT 1,2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a shoulder to cry on • ↑ don't cry • …
Longman Activator English vocab
CRY — INDEX: 1. to cry 2. to start to cry 3. almost crying 4. to make someone cry 5. to stop …
Longman Activator English vocab
CRY
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CRY
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CRY — verb 1 BAD : The children got very excited and began to cry. GOOD : The children got very excited …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
OFF — 1. нареч. 1) указывает на отдаление, удаление от чего-л. He had to be off. ≈ Ему нужно было уйти. to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CRY — 1. сущ. 1) а) крик, вопль Hearing the loud cry of "a man overboard" ≈ Слыша громкий крик "человек за …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OFF — 1. ɒf n 1. положение «выключено» ( у приборов, выключателей и т. п. ) to be set at off - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CRY — cry.ogg 1. kraı n 1. крик to give a cry - закричать 2. вопль, мольба to be deaf to smb.'s …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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