call off the/(one's) dogs

1. To stop disparaging or otherwise behaving aggressively toward someone. I know you wish I were a doctor, Dad, but call off the dogs for one night. I'll tell you anything you want to know, just call off your dogs!

2. To stop someone else from disparaging or otherwise behaving aggressively toward another person. Your mother won't stop interrogating me—can you please call off the dogs?

call off the dogs

call off your dogs

If someone calls off the dogs or calls off their dogs, they stop criticizing or attacking someone or encouraging other people to criticize or attack someone. Lenders will be ordered to call off the dogs, especially for families struggling to pay their mortgage through unemployment. Maybe he'll call off his dogs now that he knows I'm not taking his money. Note: The dogs referred to here are dogs used for hunting.

call off the (or your) dogs

stop attacking or persecuting someone or causing others to do so on your behalf.

词组	call off the/(one's) dogs
释义	call off the/(one's) dogs call off the/(one's) dogs 1. To stop disparaging or otherwise behaving aggressively toward someone. I know you wish I were a doctor, Dad, but call off the dogs for one night. I'll tell you anything you want to know, just call off your dogs! 2. To stop someone else from disparaging or otherwise behaving aggressively toward another person. Your mother won't stop interrogating me—can you please call off the dogs? See also: call, dog, off Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. call off the dogs or call off your dogs If someone calls off the dogs or calls off their dogs, they stop criticizing or attacking someone or encouraging other people to criticize or attack someone. Lenders will be ordered to call off the dogs, especially for families struggling to pay their mortgage through unemployment. Maybe he'll call off his dogs now that he knows I'm not taking his money. Note: The dogs referred to here are dogs used for hunting. See also: call, dog, off Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. call off the (or your) dogs stop attacking or persecuting someone or causing others to do so on your behalf. See also: call, dog, off Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: call off the dogs call the dogs off be on a rampage be on the rampage be/go on the rampage rampage a fat cat fat cat fat-cat on a rampage
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