CALL IT QUITS

{v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To decide to stop what you are doing; quit. * /When Tom had painted half the garage, he called it quits./ 2. To agree that each side in a fight is satisfied; stop fighting because a wrong has been paid back; say things are even. * /Pete called Tom a bad name, and they fought till Tom gave Pete a bloody nose; then they called it quits./ 3. To cultivate a habit no longer. * /"Yes, I called it quits with cigarettes three years ago."/

{v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To decide to stop what you are doing; quit. * /When Tom had painted half the garage, he called it quits./ 2. To agree that each side in a fight is satisfied; stop fighting because a wrong has been paid back; say things are even. * /Pete called Tom a bad name, and they fought till Tom gave Pete a bloody nose; then they called it quits./ 3. To cultivate a habit no longer. * /"Yes, I called it quits with cigarettes three years ago."/

call it quits expr infml esp AmE 1. Time to go home. Let's call it quits Пора домой. На сегодня хватит 2. At a record rate US couples are calling it quits Число разводов в США достигло рекордной отметки 3. Any sensible assassin would have called it quits Любой бы убийца, будь у него хоть доля здравого смысла, завязал бы

expr infml esp AmE 1) Time to go home. Let's call it quits — Пора домой. На сегодня хватит 2) At a record rate US couples are calling it quits — Число разводов в США достигло рекордной отметки 3) Any sensible assassin would have called it quits — Любой бы убийца, будь у него хоть доля здравого смысла, завязал бы