cry off

cry off
[verb]
back out, excuse oneself, quit, withdraw

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BACK OUT, pull out, cancel, withdraw, beg off, excuse oneself, change one's mind; informal get cold feet, cop out.
→ cry

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verb
: to call off (as a bargain)
chiefly Britain : to excuse oneself (as from a promise or agreement) : beg off : obtain release (as from punishment)

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cry off
1. To withdraw from an agreement
2. To back out
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Main Entry: ↑cry

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ˌcry ˈoff [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they cry off he/she/it cries off present participle crying off past tense cried off past participle cried off] informal phrasal verb
to decide not to do something that you had promised or agreed to do

They’ve cried off at the last minute.

Thesaurus: to decide not to do or have somethingsynonym to not keep a promisesynonym
Main entry: cry

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informal go back on a promise or fail to keep to an arrangement

we were going to Spain together and he cried off at the last moment

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cry off [phrasal verb]
Brit : to say that you will not do something you have promised to do

He said he would help me move into my new apartment but then he cried off [=begged off] at the last minute.

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Main Entry: ↑cry

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ˌcry ˈoff derived
(BrE, informal) to say that you cannot do sth that you promised to do

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She said she was coming to the party, but cried off at the last moment.

Main entry: ↑cryderived

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