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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:
- to depart from; leave (a place or person):
They quit the city for the seashore every summer.
Antonyms:
- to give up or resign; let go; relinquish: She quit her job.
He quit his claim to the throne.
She quit her job.
Synonyms: ,
- 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
/ ɪ /
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 51Թ Forms
- ܾt· adjective
- ܲ·ܾt adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of quit1
Origin of quit2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of quit1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with quit , also see call it quits .Example Sentences
He said his politics were "unchanged," but admitted he had followed his moral compass in quitting the party after speaking at a memorial for former SNP MSP Christina McKelvie last week.
Black mentioned the long hiatus between hosting gigs and used it as an opportunity to first announce that he was stressed out and quitting the show.
When Sharon quit her job and became a foster carer aged 51, her friends and family asked: "Why would you want to?"
The “Mulholland Drive” star discusses grief, David Lynch, how she almost quit acting and her new movie, “The Friend,” in which she bonds with a Great Dane.
The former frontbencher quit the Scottish Tories with immediate effect on Thursday.
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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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