"call off the dogs" meaning in All languages combined

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "calls off the dogs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calling off the dogs",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "called off the dogs",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "called off the dogs",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "call off the dogs (third-person singular simple present calls off the dogs, present participle calling off the dogs, simple past and past participle called off the dogs)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ease up on after inflicting great punishment."
      ],
      "id": "en-call_off_the_dogs-en-verb-IVSoueFT",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To ease up on after inflicting great punishment."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
          "parents": [
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Doing the opponents an obvious favor, the football coach decided to call off the dogs early after his team was up 56-0."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "During a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent."
      ],
      "id": "en-call_off_the_dogs-en-verb-XOS9SJRX",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "first-string",
          "first-string"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports, idiomatic) During a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/En-au-call_off_the_dogs.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "call off the dogs"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "calls off the dogs",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "calling off the dogs",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "called off the dogs",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "called off the dogs",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "call off the dogs (third-person singular simple present calls off the dogs, present participle calling off the dogs, simple past and past participle called off the dogs)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ease up on after inflicting great punishment."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To ease up on after inflicting great punishment."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Doing the opponents an obvious favor, the football coach decided to call off the dogs early after his team was up 56-0."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "During a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "first-string",
          "first-string"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sports, idiomatic) During a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/En-au-call_off_the_dogs.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "call off the dogs"
}