call it a night
idiom
: to go home or go to bed at the present time
I'm exhausted. I'm calling it a night.
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Pair your packets of cheesy goodness with a hearty kale salad, and call it a night.
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2026
Eventually, the Lakers decided to call it a night for Ayton.
—Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
After dropping the couple off, Hood headed back home, ready to call it a night.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Each evening, after darkness fell, my research assistant and I would call it a night, switch off the veranda’s lone bulb, and retreat to our separate rooms.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2026
Eventually, the Lakers decided to call it a night for Ayton.
—Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
After dropping the couple off, Hood headed back home, ready to call it a night.
—Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
Each evening, after darkness fell, my research assistant and I would call it a night, switch off the veranda’s lone bulb, and retreat to our separate rooms.
—Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Call it a night.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call%20it%20a%20night. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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