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to stop what you are doing because you do not want to do any more or think you have done enough: I'm getting a bit tired now - let's call it a day. After 14 years living and working in this country, she thinks it's time to call it a day. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Causing something to end. abandon.
Meaning. stop doing something, especially working. to give up work and go back to home. finishing the work of a day. to discontinue some regular activity. Example Sentences. After second heart attack, she decided it would be best to follow her doctor’s advice and call it a day.
call it a day. To stop working, either at one's job or on a particular task, for the rest of the day. When we still couldn't find the source of the discrepancy, we decided to call it a day and revisit it tomorrow. This package is the last one. Once we get this shipped, we can call it a day.
call it a day. To stop working, either at one's job or on a particular task, for the rest of the day. When we still couldn't find the source of the discrepancy, we decided to call it a day and revisit it tomorrow. This package is the last one. Once we get this shipped, we can call it a day.
: to speak to or attempt to reach (someone) by means of a call (see call entry 2 sense 8) call the doctor to make an appointment I try to call my parents at least once a week.
phrase. If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful. Faced with mounting debts, the decision to call it a day was inevitable. Synonyms: stop, finish, cease, pack up [informal] More Synonyms of call it a day. See full dictionary entry for day.
to stop doing something, especially working: It's almost midnight - let's call it a day. (Definition of call it a day from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of call it a day. in Chinese (Traditional) 結束工作, 到此為止, 收工… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 结束工作, 到此为止, 收工… See more. in Spanish.
Stop a particular activity for the rest of the day, as in It's past five o'clock so let's call it a day . Similarly, call it a night means “to stop something for the rest of the night,” as in One more hand of bridge and then let's call it a night .
call it a day. To stop working, either at one's job or on a particular task, for the rest of the day. When we still couldn't find the source of the discrepancy, we decided to call it a day and revisit it tomorrow. This package is the last one. Once we get this shipped, we can call it a day.
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.
