call-off noun 3call off verb 2forms 4 noun3 •A day on which an employee has called off.Employees are allowed six (6) call offs per year without disciplinary action. — 2003 •Synonym of blanket order.Instead only actual prices evaluated at planned number of call-offs (using actual volumes) are used, not the actual number of call-offs. — 2015 •A call given to a trained dog to tell it to stop doing something. call off verb2 •To recall; to cancel or call a halt to.If you want me to call off the dog, then get off my land.After four months, the police called off the search for the missing boy. •To telephone in one's notice of a day's absence from work. formscalled off · calling off · calls off · call-offs