going for the gold (verb) compete: go up against in contest
Sinonime: back off, break off, bring to an end, call it a day, call it quits,
close, close out, come to an end,
culminate, cut it out, desist,
die, discontinue,
drop, end,
fail,
finish, give over, halt, intermit, knock off, leave off, pack in, quit, quit cold turkey, refrain, shut down,
stay, surcease,
terminate, wind up
Antonime: begin,
commence, continue,
go,
initiate, keep on,
start