Grammar fix
call it quits
decide to stop
To decide to stop an activity or effort because continuing no longer seems worthwhile.
How oftenCommon
LevelB2
Used inMostly spoken
Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
After ten years of trying to keep the café going, they finally called it quits.
I once tried to learn the guitar, but I called it quits after a few months because I wasn't practising regularly.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: We called quits.
Say: We called it quits.
The idiom includes the pronoun 'it'.
Don't confuse it
Other ways to say it
Decide to stop trying
How directFigurativeExplicit
throw in the towelAdmitting defeat after trying to succeed.
call it quitsYou're here · Deciding further effort is no longer worthwhile.
give upStopping because the task seems too difficult or impossible.