"quitting time" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: quitting times [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} quitting time (countable and uncountable, plural quitting times)
  1. The time when a day's work ends, and an employee may go home. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: close of business, end of day Related terms: clock out [verb], punch out [verb], it's five o'clock somewhere, yabba dabba doo Translations (the time when a day's work ends): fyraften [common-gender] (Danish), Feierabend [masculine] (German), vëis [masculine] (Ladin), fajrant [colloquial, masculine] (Polish), шаба́ш (šabáš) [masculine] (Russian), ша́баш (šábaš) [colloquial, masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-quitting_time-en-noun-oloO0xAU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the time when a day's work ends",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fyraften"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the time when a day's work ends",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "Feierabend"
    },
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    },
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      "sense": "the time when a day's work ends",
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      ],
      "word": "ша́баш"
    }
  ],
  "word": "quitting time"
}

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