They robber gave up and the guard called the dogs off.
•Call off the dogs!
2. Fig. to stop threatening, chasing, or hounding [a person]. •Tell the sheriff to call off the dogs. We caught the robber.
•Okay, you've caught me! Please call your dogs off!
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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