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verb (inf=call off the dogs, calls off the dogs, calling off the dogs, called off the dogs)
- (idiom) To ease up on after inflicting great punishment.
- (context, sports, idiom) During a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent.
- Doing the opponents an obvious favor, the football coach decided to early after his team was up 56-0.
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