Idiom: call it a day

Definition

Idiom: call it a day

to stop work or another activity
to end doing an activity for the day because you feel you have done enough (but will resume the activity the next day or at a later time)
to terminate or end something

Example sentences

— We’ve been working for five hours and everyone's tired. I say let’s call it a day.

— Shall we call it a day or work another hour to finish entering the data?

— The meeting went late into the evening. We didn't call it a day until around 9:30 in the evening.

— There's no way I'm going to finish my report this evening so I may as well call it a day.

— Okay class, even though it's a few minutes early we'll call it a day and I'll see you next Thursday.

— After these last two questions we'll call it a day and reconvene tomorrow morning at 8 am.

— Are you calling it a day after playing for just 15 minutes? You'll never learn how to play the piano if you refuse to practice.

As Johnny Mathias sings, "Guess it's over, call it a day. Sorry that it had to end this way. No reason to pretend. We knew it had to end someday, this way."

— I had to call it a day with our cleaning service because they just weren't thorough enough and I was getting too many complaints.

— I got stuck in traffic and by the time I arrived at Happy Hour everyone had already called it a day and gone home.

— That was my wife on the phone. She wants to have dinner in 20 minutes so I've got to call it a day.

— You're making too many mistakes. If you're tired, let's call it a day.

— It's getting dark and hard to see the tennis balls. Shall we call it a day?

— I can't work in this heat any longer. I'm calling it a day. Hopefully the air conditioning will be working properly tomorrow.

Synonyms

call it quits
hang it up
wrap up
come to an end

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Idiom: call it a day

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