English verb: call it quits | |||
1. | call it quits (stative) stop doing what one is doing | ||
Samples | At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books. | ||
Synonyms | call it a day | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop | ||