pack it in
Call it quits
To pack it in is to quit or give up, especially after sustained effort or frustration: After three hours of debugging with no progress, I decided to pack it in for the night.
The phrase often signals resignation or exhaustion rather than completion.
In British usage, it can also mean to stop doing something annoying: Oh, pack it in, will you?
- quitCease doing something
- give upStop attempting something
- call it a dayCease work for now
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- wave the white flagAcknowledge defeat formally
call it quits · throw in the towel · throw in the sponge · stop · finish · resign · hang it up · abandon · wrap up · pull the plug · fold · cash in your chips · bail · done · cut your losses · exhausted · defeated · had enough