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called it quits

called it quits is the simple past and past participle of call it quits.

Meaning of call it quits

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)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    call it a day
  2. To declare debts resolved to one another.
    Synonyms:
    call it even

Questions about called it quits

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

Words near called it quits in the dictionary

  1. called it a night
  2. called it an early night
  3. called it as one saw it
  4. called it even
  5. called it half a day
  6. called it quits
  7. called it stumps
  8. called names
  9. called off
  10. called off the dogs
  11. called on the carpet

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