cry off
mainly UK informal— phrasal verb with cry uk/kraɪ/us/kraɪ/verb [ I or T ]
to decide not to do something that you have arranged to do:
She usually says she'll be there and then cries off at the last minute.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Avoiding action
- avoid
- avoid sth like the plague idiom
- avoidance
- bottle
- bottle out
- flinch from sth/doing sth
- fudge
- get out of sth
- get round sth
- get-out clause
- insure
- shrink
- sit on your arse idiom
- skip out on sb/sth
- stand around
- stand by
- stand round
- steer
- welch
- welsh
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