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call it quits
Idioms and Phrases
Stop working, abandon something, give up, as in John is calling it quits for now or This ground is far too stony for a garden so I'm calling it quits . This idiom comes from cry quits , dating from the 1600s and meaning 鈥渄eclare even鈥 or 鈥済et even.鈥 The verb call was substituted in the late 1800s. Also see call it a day .Example Sentences
Ortega wanted to remain on the show but knew it was best for her to call it quits.
After seeing his playing career decimated by a hip injury, three-time major champion Murray finally decided to call it quits last year following the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Turner and Nist called it quits on ABC's "Good Morning America" just three months after tying the knot.
Hines reportedly struggled with Kennedy鈥檚 decision to run for president but felt even more conflicted when the vaccine skeptic called it quits to back Donald Trump鈥檚 campaign.
But the members never intentionally called it quits.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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