call it a night

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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.
2. (idiomatic) To cease what one has been doing for the night.

Related terms

• call it a day