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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"
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
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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