ENGLISH
REFERENCE

call it a night

idiom
Meaning

To go to bed to sleep.


Examples
SIMPLE

We are tired, so let's call it a night.

CONTEXTUAL

After working on the project for six hours, the team decided to call it a night.

COMPLEX

Having exhausted their conversation and finished the last of the wine, the guests finally called it a night and departed into the quiet street.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    answer the call of nature

    To satisfy a bodily urge to urinate or defecate.

  2. 02

    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.

  3. 03

    call a lid

    To inform the press that no further news will be released from a governmental body that day.

  4. 04

    call a spade a spade

    To put it bluntly, to be outspoken; to speak the truth, to describe things as they really are.

  5. 05

    call an audible

    To change plans at the last minute in response to new information.

  6. 06

    call it

    To call it a day

  7. 07

    call it a day

    To cease an activity.

  8. 08

    call it an early night

    To go to bed or cease one's activities earlier in the evening than usual.

© 2026 English Reference