cry off

cry off

English

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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.
    • 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados:
      "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?"
  2. (intransitive) To leave.
  3. (intransitive, slang) To confess; to snitch or inform on (someone).

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