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Busand Posted 13 years ago
According to dictionaries, "call off" means to tell a dog or person chasing and/or attacking another to stop doing such act. But on google, sentences of the following type, in the context off policing searching for a missing person, could be found:
"They called off the searchers."
"They called off the rescuers."
Could it be an error?
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Calling Off Rescuers
According to dictionaries, "call off" means to tell a dog or person chasing and/or attacking another to stop doing such act. But on google, sentences of the following type, in the context off policing searching for a missing person, could be found:
"They called off the searchers."
"They called off the rescuers."
Could it be an error?
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It's much, much more common and idiomatic to say
"They called off the search."
"They called off the rescue attempt."
"They called off the search."
"They called off the rescue attempt."
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