as in to cancel
to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)
their film deal had been abruptly cried off, and now the filmmakers were back to square one
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Recent Examples of cry off
Hoda Kotb's Today show departure announcement is causing a lot of tears from her colleagues, including Savannah Guthrie who cried off her glam!
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Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
How can the guys and gals do all this without crying off their makeup, or busting a seam on one of their tight-fitting getups?
—oregonlive, 24 May 2023
Tamika, keep it in, don’t cry off your lashes, girl.
—Niema Jordan, Essence, 17 May 2022
Here are 11 waterproof eyeliners that not even a level 100 Cancer could cry off.
—Allure, 20 June 2019
Here are 9 waterproof eyeliner that not even a level 100 Cancer would not cry off.
—Sable Yong, Allure, 21 June 2018
Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2024
How can the guys and gals do all this without crying off their makeup, or busting a seam on one of their tight-fitting getups?
—oregonlive, 24 May 2023
Tamika, keep it in, don’t cry off your lashes, girl.
—Niema Jordan, Essence, 17 May 2022
Here are 11 waterproof eyeliners that not even a level 100 Cancer could cry off.
—Allure, 20 June 2019
Here are 9 waterproof eyeliner that not even a level 100 Cancer would not cry off.
—Sable Yong, Allure, 21 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cry off
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The church canceled the charity event with bags of rice and clothing items still arranged within the premises.Dyepkazah Shibayan and Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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Several schools have canceled Friday classes in Wisconsin due to the snowy weather.Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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If the department’s predictions are correct, the U.S. would be essentially abandoning any pretense of trying to limit climate change.Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
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The Claridge Hotel’s former casino sits abandoned as well.Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
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All of those provisions were scrapped when Elon Musk and President-elect Trump tanked the bill.Axios, Axios, 21 Dec. 2024
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The script, co-written by Ross and producer Joslyn Barnes, scraps Whitehead’s opening prologue about the wretched cemetery to instead emphasize that this will be a bittersweet celebration of life.Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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The fact that Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called to bolster support for Ukraine in case Donald Trump revokes U.S. aid is indicative of how Europe and the U.K. anticipate how the Republican's second presidential term will go.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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If Trump revokes California’s waiver, a legal battle will likely ensue between the incoming administration and the Golden State.William Gavin, Quartz, 18 Dec. 2024
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Though women can also abort a pregnancy taking only misoprostol, according to Planned Parenthood.Alyssa Goldberg, The Courier-Journal, 13 Nov. 2024
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According to a SpaceX spokesperson, this even surprised them because the expectation was that the Super Heavy would either crash or be forced at the last second to abort the landing and dump itself into the Gulf of Mexico.David Szondy, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2024
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A number of labor unions across industries have been at the forefront of the years-long push to repeal WEP and GPO.Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 21 Dec. 2024
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That included proposals to instead replace rather than fully repeal the Social Security provisions or to raise the retirement age to help offset the cost of the benefit increases.Lorie Konish, CNBC, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Cry off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cry%20off. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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