call off the dogs

/K AO1 L AO0 F DH AH0 D AA0 G Z/
verb
  1. 1

    (sports, idiomatic) During a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent.

  2. 2

    (idiomatic) To ease up on after inflicting great punishment.

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