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Idiom

call it a night

Meaning

To go to bed to sleep.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“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.”

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.”

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