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Call The Dogs Off ( tell your people to stop attacking ... )

"Call The Dogs Off"



"Call the dogs off" means: Tell those people who work for you to stop bothering me.

Example: "I already gave you your money. Call the dogs off."



Police and hunters use dogs to chase people, so a person who is quitting after being chased may say "call the dogs off".

Example: "Okay, I give up. Call the dogs off."



If a person has friends or helpers who are bothering you and you want them to stop, you may ask him to "call the dogs off".





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