call it quits Idiom
call it quits
stop doing something, quit what you are doing The dust is bothering all of us. I think we should call it quits.
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v. phr.,
informal 1. To decide to stop what you are doing; quit.
When Tom had painted half the garage, he called it quits. 2. To agree that each side in a fight is satisfied; stop fighting because a wrong has been paid back; say things are even.
Pete called Tom a bad name, and they fought till Tom gave Pete a bloody nose; then they called it quits. 3. To cultivate a habit no longer.
"Yes, I called it quits with cigarettes three years ago."call it quits
1. To stop working. I've still got a few jobs to do about the agronomical afore I can alarm it quits for the day.2. To end a affiliation of some kind, generally a adventurous relationship. I'm so sad to apprehend that Mara and John alleged it quits—I anticipation those two would be calm forever.3. To carelessness a accurate pursuit. Luke dreamed of arena pro basketball, but he had to alarm it quits afterwards a austere knee injury.4. To accede that a debt has been paid. Thank you for advantageous me back—now we can alarm it quits.Learn more: call, quitscall it quits
to quit; to carelessness from something; to advertise that one is quitting. Okay! I've had enough! I'm calling it quits. Time to go home, John. Let's alarm it quits.Learn more: call, quitscall it quits
Stop working, carelessness something, accord up, as in John is calling it quits for now or This arena is far too adamant for a garden so I'm calling it quits. This argot comes from cry quits, dating from the 1600s and acceptation "declare even" or "get even." The verb call was commissioned in the backward 1800s. Also see call it a day. Learn more: call, quitscall it quits
INFORMAL
1. If you call it quits, you adjudge to stop accomplishing article or stop actuality complex in something. The disco stays accessible until the aftermost chump is accessible to alarm it quits. He and Moira had assuredly alleged it quits.
2. If you call it quits, you accede with addition abroad that neither being owes the added money. I'll accord you twenty pounds and we'll alarm it quits.Learn more: call, quitscall it quits
1 accede or accede that agreement are now equal, abnormally on the adjustment of a debt. 2 adjudge to carelessness an action or venture, abnormally so as to cut your losses. The agent of the -s in quits is uncertain: the chat may be an abridgement of the medieval Latin quittus , acceptation ‘discharged’, which was acclimated on receipts to announce that article had been paid for. The byword is recorded from the backward 19th century, but an beforehand form, cry quits , dates aback to the mid 17th century.Learn more: call, quitscall it ˈquits
(informal) adjudge to end an argument, a disagreement, etc. at a point area both abandon are equal: I apperceive I agitated you, but you said some awful things to me too. Can’t we aloof alarm it quits and try to balloon it? OPPOSITE: even the scoreLearn more: call, quits call it quits
Informal To stop alive or trying; quit.Learn more: call, quitscall it quits, to
To stop accomplishing something, either assuredly or temporarily. Quits here has the acceptation of absolution or discharge, that is, absolution from obligation; the association is that one has done abundant and so has absolved one’s obligation. American in origin, the announcement appears in a letter of Jack London’s (1898): “Tomorrow I would cut my throat and alarm quits with the accomplished accursed business.”Learn more: call