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Why do we "call it a day" when it's the end of the day/ night time?
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Why do we "call it a day" when it's the end of the day/ night time?

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Step-by-step explanation:

We call it “a day”, beucase the day is over.

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The Explanation:

The original phrase was call it half a day, first recorded in 1838, which reffered to leaving one's place of employment before the work day was over.

The first recorded use of call it a day was in 1919, and of call it a night in 1938

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