call off the dogs

also call off your dogs

to cause people to stop attacking or criticizing someone It's time to call off the dogs and let her get back to doing her job.

to stop attacking or criticizing someone The bank has agreed to call off the dogs until we can get the business up and running again.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Mario	MAH-ryo (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Croatian
Ivan	ee-VAHN (Russian, Ukrainian), IE-vən (English)	Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Macedonian, Slovene, En
Owena	-	Welsh
Algernon	AL-jər-nahn	English
Delwyn	-	Welsh
Regulus	-	Ancient Roman