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the party is over

the party is over phrase: an irresponsible or carefree period has ended; it is time to be serious or take responsibility.

Phrase

the party is over

  1. An irresponsible or carefree period has ended; it is time to be serious or take responsibility.
    • The party's over / But I've landed on my feet / And I'm standing here on this corner / Where there used to be a street2014, Leonard Cohen, “A Street”, in Popular Problems
    • But surely he’d walk it, standing as a revolutionary independent. “Well, my ambitions go way, way, way beyond that. I’m not asking for an invitation to the party – I’m saying the party’s over.”2014 October 11, Simon Hattenstone, “Russell Brand: ‘I want to address the alienation and despair’”, in The Guardian

Questions about the party is over

What does the party is over mean?
The party is over means an irresponsible or carefree period has ended; it is time to be serious or take responsibility.
What part of speech is the party is over?
The party is over is a phrase.

Words near the party is over in the dictionary

  1. the other white meat
  2. The Other Wiki
  3. The Oval
  4. the pantaloons off
  5. the pants off
  6. the party is over
  7. The Pas
  8. the past has a vote, not a veto
  9. The Patch
  10. the pen is mightier than the sword
  11. the penny drops

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