call it quits
call it quits verb: to conclude; to quit or stop an activity, especially after applying oneself to it for a significant period of time.
Verb
call it quits (third-person singular simple present calls it quits, present participle calling it quits, simple past and past participle called it quits)
- To conclude; to quit or stop an activity, especially after applying oneself to it for a significant period of time.
- One afternoon, after twenty minutes of desperate efforts to annihilate each other according to set rules that did not permit kicking, striking below the belt, nor hitting when one was down, Cheese-Face, panting for breath and reeling, offered to call it quits.1909, Jack London, chapter 15, in Martin Eden
- The West's longest-serving foreign minister called it quits last week.1992 May 11, “A One-Two Punch Rattles Germany”, in Time
- Synonyms:
- call it a day
- To declare debts resolved to one another.
- Synonyms:
- call it even
Synonyms of call it quits
Forms of call it quits
| third-person singular present | calls it quits |
|---|---|
| present participle | calling it quits |
| past participle | called it quits |
| past | called it quits |
Questions about call it quits
- What does call it quits mean?
- Call it quits means to conclude; to quit or stop an activity, especially after applying oneself to it for a significant period of time.
- What part of speech is call it quits?
- Call it quits is a verb.
- What is the past tense of call it quits?
- The past tense of call it quits is called it quits.
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