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Madhulk Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary
Cancel on...
- Had dinner with him a couple weeks ago.
- Yeah? What happened? Somebody more important cancel on him?
What does the underlined mean?
- Yeah? What happened? Somebody more important cancel on him?
What does the underlined mean?
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Hi, Consider this. I make an appointment with you for 3pm today. Later, I call and cancel it.
- Hi, Consider this.
- I make an appointment with you for 3pm today.
- Later, I call and cancel it.
- Idiomatically, 'I cancelled on you'.
- .
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Hi,
Consider this.
I make an appointment with you for 3pm today.
Later, I call and cancel it. Idiomatically, 'I cancelled on you'.
. . . on you' is used in several expressions that deal with actions that have a negative impact on you.
In your specific example, the suggestion is that he only had dinner with 'you' because he was unable to have dinner wi
Consider this.
I make an appointment with you for 3pm today.
Later, I call and cancel it. Idiomatically, 'I cancelled on you'.
. . . on you' is used in several expressions that deal with actions that have a negative impact on you.
In your specific example, the suggestion is that he only had dinner with 'you' because he was unable to have dinner wi
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