[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."
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