CRY OFF

Meaning of CRY OFF in English

( BrE , informal ) to say that you cannot do sth that you promised to do :

She said she was coming to the party, but cried off at the last moment.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

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 — cry off phrasal verb British English ( see also ↑ cry ) to say that you cannot do something that …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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
OFF
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

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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