call off the dogs

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To ease up on after inflicting great punishment. idiomatic
  2. During a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent. idiomatic
    — Doing the opponents an obvious favor, the football coach decided to call off the dogs early after his team was up 56-0.

词形变化

calls off the dogs present,singular,third-person calling off the dogs participle,present called off the dogs participle,past called off the dogs past
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