calls it quits
Throws in towel
To call it quits is to stop doing something, whether temporarily or permanently.
The expression often signals the end of a relationship, job, or ongoing effort: After twenty years of marriage, they finally called it quits.
It can also mark a natural stopping point in any activity: We've been at this for hours—let's call it quits for today.
The phrase implies a deliberate decision to cease rather than being forced to stop.
- retirementLeaving the workforce permanently
- exitWay to leave
- bows outVoluntarily removes oneself
- breakInterrupt continuity
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
gives up · concession · departure · walks away · relinquishment · capitulation · abandonment · surrender · silence · divorce · cessation · throw in the towel · desists · termination · moving on · final goodbye · last straw · last hurrah
calls it quitsperseveres
Continues despite difficulty
keeps going · soldiers on · presses on · carries on · pushes through
calls it quitscommits
Pledges to do
dives in · signs up · gets started · embarks · undertakes
calls it quitscommits
Pledges to do
ties the knot · reconciles · makes up · recommits · gets back together
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