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calls it quits

calls it quits is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 calls it quits

What is calls it quits the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Calls it quits is the third-person singular simple present indicative of call it quits.

Words near calls it quits in the dictionary

  1. calls it a night
  2. calls it an early night
  3. calls it as one sees it
  4. calls it even
  5. calls it half a day
  6. calls it quits
  7. calls it stumps
  8. calls names
  9. calls of nature
  10. calls off
  11. calls off the dogs

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