call it quits
End the endeavor
Call it quits means to stop doing something, especially to end a relationship, project, or effort.
The phrase implies a mutual or decisive conclusion: After twenty years of marriage, they called it quits.
It can apply to any activity you're abandoning: I'm exhausted—let's call it quits for today.
Stop attempting something
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- resignVoluntarily leave office
- abandonLeave behind permanently
- capitulateYield under pressure
yield · concede · walk away · bow out · step down · throw in the towel · wave the white flag · accept defeat
Cease all motion
- finishBring to completion
- endFinal portion or cessation
- ceaseTo discontinue activity
- concludeEnd or infer
terminate · discontinue · break off · halt · wrap up · wind down · close out · pull the plug
End a relationship
- splitSeparation into parts
- separateTo set apart
- divorceLegal end of matrimony
- part waysMutually go separate directions
walk away · move on · let go · split up · go separate ways · dump · leave · say goodbye
Cease employment permanently
- pensionRetiree's ongoing benefit
- step asideWithdraw from a position
- bow outVoluntarily leave a situation
- golden yearsLater life stage
hang up the cleats · last hurrah · farewell · send-off · final chapter · ride off into the sunset
give up
Stop attempting something
capitulate · yield · concede · walk away · bow out · step down · throw in the towel · wave the white flag · accept defeat · let go
stop
Cease all motion
conclude · terminate · discontinue · break off · halt · wrap up · wind down · close out · pull the plug · throw in the towel
break up
End a relationship
part ways · walk away · move on · let go · split up · go separate ways · dump · leave · say goodbye
retire
Cease employment permanently
- pensionRetiree's ongoing benefit
- step asideWithdraw from a position
- bow outVoluntarily leave a situation
hang up the cleats · golden years · last hurrah · farewell · send-off · final chapter · ride off into the sunset
- finishfinish, complete, conclude, end, finalize
- giving upgive up, giving up, surrender, I surrender, abandon
- separationsseparate, split, break up, parting, sever
- surrendersurrender, surrenders, surrendering, I surrender, capitulate
- end of workdayclock out, knock off, wrap up, pack up, punch out
- quittingresign, resignation, stop, end, give up
call it quitspersevere
Continue despite obstacles
persist · continue · keep going · carry on · press on
call it quitsnever give up
Maintain effort indefinitely
persevere · fight on · persist · stand firm · hold fast
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