Definition of Call it quits

1. Verb. Stop doing what one is doing. "At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books"

Exact synonyms: Call It A Day
Generic synonyms: Cease, Discontinue, Give Up, Lay Off, Quit, Stop

Definition of Call it quits

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To conclude; to quit or stop an activity, especially after applying oneself to it for a significant period of time. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Call It Quits

call fire
call for
call forth
call forwarding
call girls
call graph
call graphs
call history
call in
call into question
call it a day
call it a night
call it as one sees it
call it even
call it quits (current term)
call letters
call loan
call mark
call names
call number
call off
call off the dogs
call on
call on the carpet
call one's bluff
call option
call originator
call out

Literary usage of Call it quits

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Speaker's Garland: Comprising 100 Choice Selections by Phineas Garrett (1892)
"P. Yes, dove, we will call it quits. She lays tier head on his shoulder. A violent blow is heard on tht closet door ; then a noise of scraping and shuffling ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1910)
"Then we will shake hands and.. .then will shake.. .call it quits . .. and call it quits.. .QU (Quits) [Assent] Call... (call? ..."

3. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept, Southern Pacific Company (1912)
"The Desert Rat used the last of his dynamite in a vain endeavor to unearth another "kidney," and finally decided to call it quits. "They took eighty-two ..."

4. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"You don't say, ' Here, now, I will give you this teapot for that sugar bowl and call it quits.' Instead, you say, ' A sugar bowl! Who wants a sugar bowl? ..."

5. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
""Why don't you break that china dog and call it quits?" Harry suggests. ''Yes, why don't you? Heaven knows it's the only thing I can call my own. ..."

6. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"They jumped at tlie bargain, and were too happy to call it quits. And their treaty was ratified more quickly than will be any of those now pending in.the ..."

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