“call-it”

The following 5 entries include the term call-it.

what-do-you-call-it

noun

: a thing or person that the speaker cannot (as from not knowing or from forgetting) or does not wish to name

what-you-call-it

noun

what-you-may-call-it

noun

call it an early night

idiom

: to go home early or go to bed early on a given night

call it a night

idiom

: to go home or go to bed at the present time


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