Word.ws English Dictionary

called it a night

called it a night is the simple past and past participle of call it a night.

Meaning of call it a night

Verb

call it a night (third-person singular simple present calls it a night, present participle calling it a night, simple past and past participle called it a night)

  1. (idiomatic) To go to bed to sleep.
  2. (idiomatic) To cease what one has been doing for the night.

Questions about called it a night

What is called it a night the simple past and past participle of?
Called it a night is the simple past and past participle of call it a night.

Words near called it a night in the dictionary

  1. called in
  2. called in sick
  3. called into doubt
  4. called it
  5. called it a day
  6. called it a night
  7. called it an early night
  8. called it as one saw it
  9. called it even
  10. called it half a day
  11. called it quits

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: called it a night (page history and authors); call it a night (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “called it a night.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/called_it_a_night. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.