call it a night
Quit for today
To call it a night is to end an evening's activities and go home or to bed.
The phrase signals that someone has had enough—of work, socializing, or partying: It's getting late; I think I'll call it a night.
The daytime equivalent is call it a day.
- hit the hayGo to sleep, informally
- sack outSleep, slangily
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- bedFurniture for slumber
- tiredLacking energy, needing rest
rest · shut-eye · nod off · quit · closing time · wrap up · pack it in · crash · take a break · conk out · bedtime · time for bed · lights out · turn off the lights · cease · stop · punch out · curfew
call it a nightget started
Begin an undertaking
begin · get the ball rolling · dive in · start fresh · get underway
call it a nightcrank it up
Increase volume dramatically
rally · rev up · go hard · let loose · paint the town red
call, night, calling, called, calls, nighttime, tonight, caller, overnight