We have worked for ten hours, so let us call it stumps.
call it stumps
idiomTo decide to end an activity; to call it a day.
Origin
disputed originA figurative use of the cricket expression stumps (“the close of play when the stumps are pulled out of the ground by the umpires”).
After trying to fix the broken engine all afternoon, the team decided to call it stumps.
Recognizing that their efforts were yielding no further progress, the exhausted researchers finally called it stumps for the evening.
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answer the call of nature
To satisfy a bodily urge to urinate or defecate.
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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 a night
To go to bed to sleep.
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call it an early night
To go to bed or cease one's activities earlier in the evening than usual.