call it a day

phrase

: to stop for the remainder of the day or for the present whatever one has been doing

worked another couple of hours and then called it a day

Examples of call it a day in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some companies build a desalination plant and call it a day; others build a data center, while others, still, build power generation facilities. — New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026

An underwriter is not simply adding up deposits and calling it a day. — Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

Simply mark them as spam, ignore them, delete them, and call it a day. — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026

How many defaulted to submitting their season finale and called it a day? — Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for call it a day

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