cancel#3 (v)
call off (v)
scratch (v)
scrub (v)

v02477755

type v
lex_filenum 41
def postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
examples Call off the engagement
cancel the dinner party
we had to scrub our vacation plans
scratch that meeting--the chair is ill
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
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Entailment schedule
Derivationally related form cancel → cancellation
Incoming links
Derivationally related form cancellation → cancel
Entailment postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off

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