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CALL IT A DAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does call it a day mean?
• CALL IT A DAY (verb)
The verb CALL IT A DAY has 1 sense:
1. stop doing what one is doing
Familiarity information: CALL IT A DAY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stop doing what one is doing
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
call it a day; call it quits
Context example:
At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books
Hypernyms (to "call it a day" is one way to...):
cease; discontinue; give up; lay off; quit; stop (put an end to a state or an activity)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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