"call it a night" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-call it a night.ogg [Australia] Forms: calls it a night [present, singular, third-person], calling it a night [participle, present], called it a night [participle, past], called it a night [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} call it a night (third-person singular simple present calls it a night, present participle calling it a night, simple past and past participle called it a night)
  1. (idiomatic) To go to bed to sleep. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Sleep
    Sense id: en-call_it_a_night-en-verb-5ytQgomF Disambiguation of Sleep: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 75 25
  2. (idiomatic) To cease what one has been doing for the night. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: call it a day
    Sense id: en-call_it_a_night-en-verb-BNgpinTA

Download JSON data for call it a night meaning in English (2.4kB)

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