The meaning of the phrase “call off in”
the meaning of the phrase “call off in”
The passage below is from The End Is Always Near by Dan Carlin.
Charles had himself portrayed on coins with the laurel crown and purple cloak and his seal carried the wording that was to remain an extraordinarily effective political slogan for centuries: renovatio Romani imperii.” That is, “the renewal of the Roman Empire.” If you were the people who still called themselves “the Roman Empire” off in Byzantium/Constantinople, this had to be galling.
I cannot figure out the meaning of the underlined part. By searching I could only get the meaning of ‘call off’, that is, ‘to cancell,’ which seems to be irrelevant to the context in question.
In contextual sense, these people of last sentence think Byzantium represents the Roman Empire so that they were embarrassed that Charlemagne was portrayed as the virtual Roman Emperor. Am I right?
Even though I am right I still do not grasp the exact meaning and cannot use the phrase in a relevant context. So, if possible, could give an another example sentence? Thanks a lot.
Top answer
Note: 1- There is no phrasal verb involved in that part. 2- In the above, "off" ? "over there".
- Note: 1- There is no phrasal verb involved in that part.
- 2- In the above, "off" ?
- "over there".
- 3- There should have been a comma before "off".
- In other words: "If you were the people who still called themselves “the Roman Empire” , over there in Byzantium/Constantinople, this had to be galling".
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Note:
1- There is no phrasal verb involved in that part.
2- In the above, "off" ? "over there".
3- There should have been a comma before "off".
In other words: "If you were the people who still called themselves “the Roman Empire”, over there in Byzantium/Constantinople, this had to be galling".
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