CALL IT QUITS Definition & Meaning

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Stop working, abandon something, give up, as in John is calling it quits for now or This ground is far too stony for a garden so I'm calling it quits . This idiom comes from cry quits , dating from the 1600s and meaning 鈥渄eclare even鈥� or 鈥済et even.鈥� The verb call was substituted in the late 1800s. Also see call it a day .

Related 亚洲网紅露点s

abandon
break off
cease
conclude
discontinue
drop
give up
halt
leave
retire
suspend
terminate
withdraw

Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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