Idioms Entry 89 / 1011 60-second read

Call It a Day

Stop work for the day; decide to quit for now.

The comparisoni

✗ Wrong

He called the day and named it something.

✓ Correct

We've been working for hours. Let's call it a day.

The ruleii

CALL IT A DAY = stop work now.

Not about literally naming the day.

Memory aidiii

Remember it like this

You're declaring the day officially finished.

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