hang it up
Call it quits
To hang it up is to quit or retire from an activity, especially one pursued professionally or seriously: After twenty years in the ring, he decided to hang it up.
The phrase suggests finality—putting away the tools of one's trade.
She's thinking about hanging it up after this season.
- retireCease employment permanently
- call it quitsCease effort or partnership
- pack it inCease one's efforts
- throw in the towelConcede defeat voluntarily
- ceaseTo discontinue activity
discontinue · quit · terminate · frustration · abandon · hook · rack · phone · cry uncle · receiver · closure · hat · resign · end of an era · final curtain · uniform · career change · give up
hang it upkeep going
Maintain forward progress
carry on · continue · persist · stick with it · keep at it
hang it upstart up
Initiate or new company
get started · begin · launch · embark · take up
hang it uppersevere
Continue despite obstacles
push through · keep fighting · hang in there · tough it out · stick it out
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