call it a night
To go to bed to sleep.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“We are tired, so let's call it a night.”
“After working on the project for six hours, the team decided to call it a night.”
“Having exhausted their conversation and finished the last of the wine, the guests finally called it a night and departed into the quiet street.”
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answer the call of nature
To satisfy a bodily urge to urinate or defecate.
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bank night
An event where patrons are enticed to buy entry tickets into some venue, for example a movie theater, with the anticipation that they will be entered into a drawing to win an amount of money if their ticket is drawn and they are on-site at the time of the winning.
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call a lid
To inform the press that no further news will be released from a governmental body that day.
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call a spade a spade
To put it bluntly, to be outspoken; to speak the truth, to describe things as they really are.
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call an audible
To change plans at the last minute in response to new information.
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call it
To call it a day
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call it a day
To cease an activity.
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call it an early night
To go to bed or cease one's activities earlier in the evening than usual.
Last updated August 10, 2026