The system abandons the call if no agent is available, leaving a silence on the line.
The system abandons the call when there is no agent available, leaving an eerie silence on the line.
When it became clear Congress would not vote for this, the administration abandoned the call and started working out a deal.
The White House formally abandoned the call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down — as demanded by the Syrian opposition — to end the six-year war.
The Socialist Workers Partyy of Germany, a left split from the Social Democratic Party of Germany founded in 1931, co-operated with the International Left Opposition briefly in 1933 but soon abandoned the call for a new International.
Conventionally devout Roman Catholics are satisfied with the old age/pacemaker/Mexican fall/infirmity explanation, but this resignation flies in the face of a strong church tradition whereby a pontiff endures infirmity and old age without abandoning the call to serve as "the Holy Father".
The Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, had urged lawmakers to abandon the effort, calling it "bad policy" and "procedurally mistaken".
Mr. Bolton, who visited Russia a few weeks ago to explain the Trump administration's decision to abandon the treaty, called it outdated.
The Philippines' president, Benigno Aquino, who is a close US ally, has said he is gravely concerned about debris and urged North Korea to abandon the launch, calling it a "needless provocation".
Digital beer apps don't call us to abandon the pub -- they call us to invite all our friends.
Laure briefly abandons the car to call a friend who is expecting her for dinner (but the party's been called off) and returns to find her car has disappeared.
