Work & careers
call it a day
stop working for now
To decide to stop working on something until another time, usually at the end of a day.
Hear it in real life
Should we paint the last wall tonight?
No, it's getting late. Let's call it a day.
We've finished the urgent tasks, so let's call it a day.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We called the day.
Say: We called it a day.
The fixed phrase includes the pronoun “it” before “a day.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
call it a day; called it a day
Your turn: say it out loud
We've finished the urgent tasks, so let's call it a day.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
call it a day
stop working for now
“We've finished the urgent tasks, so let's call it a day.”
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