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quit
1[ kwit ]
verb (used with object)
- to stop, cease, or discontinue:
She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
Antonyms: start
- to depart from; leave (a place or person):
They quit the city for the seashore every summer.
Antonyms: enter
- to give up or resign; let go; relinquish: She quit her job.
He quit his claim to the throne.
She quit her job.
- to release one's hold of (something grasped).
- to acquit or conduct (oneself).
- to free or rid (oneself): to quit oneself of doubts.
- to clear (a debt); repay.
verb (used without object)
- to cease from doing something; stop.
- to give up or resign one's job or position:
He keeps threatening to quit.
- to depart or leave.
- to stop trying, struggling, or the like; accept or acknowledge defeat.
adjective
- released from obligation, penalty, etc.; free, clear, or rid (usually followed by of ):
quit of all further responsibilities.
quit
2[ kwit ]
noun
- any of various small tropical birds.
quit
/ kwɪt /
verb
- tr to depart from; leave
he quitted the place hastily
- to resign; give up (a job)
he quitted his job today
- intr (of a tenant) to give up occupancy of premises and leave them
they received notice to quit
- to desist or cease from (something or doing something); break off
quit laughing
- tr to pay off (a debt); discharge or settle
- archaic.tr to conduct or acquit (oneself); comport (oneself)
he quits himself with great dignity
adjective
- usually predicativefoll byof free (from); released (from)
he was quit of all responsibility for their safety
Other Words From
- quitta·ble adjective
- un·quitted adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of quit1
Origin of quit2
Word History and Origins
Origin of quit1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with quit , also see call it quits .Example Sentences
According to Long, who has driven the push to remove Trudeau, as many as 50 of the 153 Liberal MPs want him to quit immediately.
And in October, the board found that Starbucks’ former chief executive, Howard Schultz, violated labor law by encouraging a Long Beach employee to quit after they raised issues related to unionization in 2022.
An official inquiry later cleared him of involvement but it was the second time he had been forced to quit.
Murmurs of Biden’s physical and cognitive decline came to a head this summer when a poor debate performance led the president to quit his re-election bid.
This summer an old high school friend of mine decided to quit drinking entirely.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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