idiom · formal
call time on
UK/kɔːl taɪm ɒn/US/kɔl taɪm ɑn/CALL·TIME·on
task2speaking
to decide to bring something to an end
Examples
“After years of losses, the company called time on the unprofitable branch.”
“The committee called time on the plan after the new evidence emerged.”
“Many argued it was time to call time on the outdated policy.”
Band 8 sentence
“Following repeated breaches of trust, the board called time on the research partnership.”
Collocations
- call time on + project/policy/relationship
Word family
call time on verb phrase
Common mistakes
call the time on→call time on
call time off→call time on
Say it for a higher band
5end→6bring to an end→7+call time on
Synonyms
bring to an end
Easily confused
call it a day
“After twelve hours of work, they decided to call it a day.”
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