"call it a day" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-call it a day.ogg Forms: calls it a day [present, singular, third-person], calling it a day [participle, present], called it a day [participle, past], called it a day [past]
Etymology: From earlier call it half a day, which first appears c. 1834, meaning to leave before the working day was over. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} call it a day (third-person singular simple present calls it a day, present participle calling it a day, simple past and past participle called it a day)
  1. (idiomatic) To cease an activity. Tags: idiomatic Translations (to cease activity for the day): приключвам за днес (priključvam za dnes) (Bulgarian), спирам работа за днес (spiram rabota za dnes) (Bulgarian), 收工 (shōugōng) (Chinese Mandarin), morgen is er nog een dag (Dutch), lopettaa joltakin päivältä (Finnish), s'arrêter là (French), Schluss für heute (German), Feierabend machen (German), σταματώ (stamató) (Greek), mára elég (Hungarian), legyen elég mára ennyi (Hungarian), tegyük el magunkat holnapra (Hungarian), segja þetta gott (Icelandic), finirla qui (Italian), chiudere la giornata (Italian), 今日はここまでにする (kyō wa kokomadeni suru) (Japanese), kończyć na dzisiaj [imperfective] (Polish), skończyć na dzisiaj [perfective] (Polish), dar por encerrado (Portuguese), but see termina pe azi (Romanian), pune punct pe azi (Romanian), закругля́ться (zakrugljátʹsja) (Russian), шаба́ш (šabáš) (Russian), баста (basta) (Russian), завршити за данас [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), престати радити за данас [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), završiti za danas [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), prestati raditi za danas [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), retirarse (Spanish), låta det vara nog för i dag (Swedish), kalla det en dag (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-call_it_a_day-en-verb-rNyNIXP- Disambiguation of 'to cease activity for the day': 86 6 8
  2. (idiomatic) To retire. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: call it, call it quits, call it stumps Related terms: call it an early night, call it a night, call it quits, call time Translations (to retire): اِعْتَزَلَ (iʕtazala) (Arabic), пенсионирам се (pensioniram se) (Bulgarian), излизам в пенсия (izlizam v pensija) (Bulgarian), 退休 (tuìxiū) (Chinese Mandarin), op rente gaan (Dutch), luovuttaa (Finnish), lopettaa (Finnish), se retirer (French), arrêter les frais (French), jeter l'éponge (French), in Pension gehen (German), συνταξιοδοτούμαι (syntaxiodotoúmai) (Greek), leteszi a lantot (Hungarian), istirahat (Indonesian), ritirarsi (Italian), tirare i remi in barca (Italian), 退職する (taishoku-surú) (alt: たいしょくする) (Japanese), 引退する (intai-surú) (alt: いんたいする) (Japanese), przechodzić na emeryturę [imperfective] (Polish), przejść na emeryturę [perfective] (Polish), largar mão (Portuguese), se pensiona (Romanian), ieși la pensie (Romanian), выходи́ть на пе́нсию (vyxodítʹ na pénsiju) (Russian), выходи́ть в отста́вку (vyxodítʹ v otstávku) (Russian), пензионисати се [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), отићи у пензију [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), penzionisati se [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), otići u penziju [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), retirarse (Spanish), kasta in handuken (Swedish), về hưu (Vietnamese)
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  3. (idiomatic) To end a period of activity, either because it is unsuccessful or because enough has been done. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-call_it_a_day-en-verb-Lub7~bQS

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "iʕtazala",
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          "roman": "pensioniram se",
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          "roman": "izlizam v pensija",
          "sense": "to retire",
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          "roman": "tuìxiū",
          "sense": "to retire",
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          "sense": "to retire",
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          "sense": "to retire",
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          "sense": "to retire",
          "word": "arrêter les frais"
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      "roman": "iʕtazala",
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      "word": "اِعْتَزَلَ"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "pensioniram se",
      "sense": "to retire",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "izlizam v pensija",
      "sense": "to retire",
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      "roman": "tuìxiū",
      "sense": "to retire",
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      "sense": "to retire",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to retire",
      "word": "luovuttaa"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to retire",
      "word": "lopettaa"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to retire",
      "word": "se retirer"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "to retire",
      "word": "arrêter les frais"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to retire",
      "word": "jeter l'éponge"
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      "code": "de",
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      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to retire",
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      "sense": "to retire",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to retire",
      "word": "leteszi a lantot"
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      "sense": "to retire",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to retire",
      "word": "ritirarsi"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to retire",
      "word": "tirare i remi in barca"
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      "alt": "たいしょくする",
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      "roman": "taishoku-surú",
      "sense": "to retire",
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      "roman": "intai-surú",
      "sense": "to retire",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to retire",
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      "word": "przechodzić na emeryturę"
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      "word": "se pensiona"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "to retire",
      "word": "ieși la pensie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "vyxodítʹ na pénsiju",
      "sense": "to retire",
      "word": "выходи́ть на пе́нсию"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "vyxodítʹ v otstávku",
      "sense": "to retire",
      "word": "выходи́ть в отста́вку"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "to retire",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "пензионисати се"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "to retire",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "отићи у пензију"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "to retire",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "penzionisati se"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "to retire",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "otići u penziju"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "to retire",
      "word": "retirarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "to retire",
      "word": "kasta in handuken"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "sense": "to retire",
      "word": "về hưu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "call it a day"
}

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