cry off(Informal)[verb]Synonyms: back out, excuse oneself, quit, withdraw
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
cry off phrasal verb British English (
see also cry)
to say that you cannot do something that you have already promised to do ⇒
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Leah and I were going to go to Morocco together, but at the last moment she cried off. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲