(transitive) To recall; to cancel or call a halt to. / (intransitive) To telephone in one's notice of a day's absence from work.

(idiomatic, colloquial, dismissal) go away.

To leave with a buzzing sound. / (figuratively) To leave (especially busily), take off, go away.

(idiomatic) A period of time where one is not required to work.

(transitive, intransitive) To stay or cause to stay at a distance (from).

(soccer, American football) The opening kick of each half of a game of football. / (by extension) The opening sequence of any event.

(chiefly US, idiomatic) To kill, especially to murder. / (chiefly UK, idiomatic) To cut class; to play truant.

A payment. / A reward. / A bribe. / (colloquial) A resolution or justification of an event that has already occurred, especially in fiction. / (baseball) Short for payoff pitch.

(transitive) To turn a switch to the "off" position in order to stop or disable a device. / (idiomatic) To lose interest, and start thinking about something else.

(idiomatic) To quit or cease completely, or to promise to quit, as a bad habit.