VERB
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stop doing what one is doing
At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books
How To Use call it a day In A Sentence
- A source said: 'They were constantly bickering towards the end so it comes as no surprise that they decided to call it a day. The Sun
- A source said: 'They were constantly bickering towards the end so it comes as no surprise that they decided to call it a day. The Sun
- Others saw it as the time-honoured custom of cashing-in from a band about to call it a day.
- The tortellini and cannelloni were both defended by a thick coating of mozzarella, which I had barely breached before I had to call it a day.
- Faced with mounting debts, the decision to call it a day was inevitable.
- Bert told me that he had made his last trip to Antarctica in 1996, and that at the age of 68 he had decided to hang up his mukluks and finally call it a day.
- Without its gilded splendour and cheap bars, some peers might want to call it a day anyway. Times, Sunday Times
- You should call it a day now - before you get found out and have to reap the whirlwind. The Sun
- The industry has changed out of all recognition and I think the time has come to call it a day.
- Bedtime is pretty early and we'll chat away until we call it a day. Times, Sunday Times