C_Idioms_A001

Call it a day 

001. -- Cambridge Dictiionary

to stop what you are doing because you don't 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. 

to stop working for the day: 

    You've been studying hard, I think you should call it a day. 

002. Collins Dictionary

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. 
After rewriting the paper, she decided to call it a day.

To decide to stop doing something, usually because you are tired or are bored with it:
I searched for the cat for hours but I had to call it a day when darkness fell.

To retire from your job:
It's no secret I want his job when he calls it a day.
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call something into being | call something into existence | Mac
Definition: to cause something to start existing


call it a day | collins

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