call it a night
Related to call it a night: call it a day
call it a night
To stop working, either at one's job or on a particular task, for the rest of the night. I'm too tired to keep looking at these numbers, so let's call it a night. This package is the last one. Once we get this shipped, we can call it a night.
See also: call, night
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
call it a night
to end what one is doing at night and go [home] to bed. At midnight, I called it a night and went to bed. Guest after guest called it a night, and at last we were alone.
See also: call, night
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
call it a night
Informal To stop what one has been doing, for the remainder of the night.
See also: call, night
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
- a full-time job
- be remembered as (something)
- be remembered as/for something
- at (one's) doorstep
- at doorstep
- be remembered for (something)
- (there's) no peace/rest for the wicked
- at one's fingertips
- at your fingertips
- at (one's) fingertips