to cry off

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İngilizce - Türkçe
sözünden dönmek
su koyuvermek
{f} caymak
{f} vazgeçmek
{k} (deyim) vaz gecmek
İngilizce - İngilizce
To cancel something that one has previously arranged with someone

Sorry, but I have to cry off the game on Saturday, as my mother-in-law is coming to visit.

If you cry off, you tell someone that you cannot do something that you have agreed or arranged to do. Barron invited her to the races and she agreed, but she caught flu and had to cry off at the last minute
{f} cancel, withdraw from an agreement
to cry off