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call it quits

verb as in abort

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After a six-decade run at the helm of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the 95-year-old Buffett, arguably the world’s most famous and successful investor, will call it quits at the end of the year.

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It wasn’t until the first flash of lightning that Roz finally called it quits.

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At the point they were ready to call it quits, the band was struggling to sell enough tickets to their shows to keep the dream alive.

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The point when it becomes too much is when the Democrats start losing the PR battle, if the narrative shifts to blaming the Democrats then it might be time to call it quits.

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Perhaps it was a jinx, but a little more than eight months later, the Gallagher brothers would call it quits on August 22, 2009, at the V Festival in Weston Park, England.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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