call a go

English

Verb

call a go (third-person singular simple present calls a go, present participle calling a go, simple past and past participle called a go)

1. (slang, obsolete) To give up and desist; call it a day.
   • 1866, The United Service Magazine, page 114:

     At this he called a go, saying, “You have learnt quite enough for one lesson.”

References

• John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary