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verb
- 1. leave (a place), usually permanently: "hippies finally quit two sites in Hampshire last night" Similar Opposite
- 2. behave in a specified way: archaic "quit yourselves like men, and fight"
adjective
- 1. rid of: "I want to be quit of him"
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1. a. : give up sense 1. quit a job. b. : give up sense 2. quit smoking. c. : to depart from or out of. d. : to leave the company of. 2. : to make full payment of : pay up. quit a debt. 3.
to leave a job or a place, or to stop doing something: [ I ] Her assistant quit without an explanation. [ T ] I quit working to be at home with the kids. [ T ] Quit worrying about him – he’ll be fine! (Definition of quit from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) quit | Business English. verb [ I or T ]
To quit means to stop doing something. You might quit a lousy job or quit eating dessert. The verb quit can also mean to leave a place or depart from a location.
v.tr. 1. a. To cease or discontinue: asked them to quit talking; quit smoking. See Synonyms at stop. b. To resign from or relinquish: quit a job. 2. a. To depart from; leave: "You and I are on the point of quitting the theater of our exploits" (Horatio Nelson). b. To leave the company of: had to quit the gathering in order to be home by midnight.
Quit definition: to stop, cease, or discontinue. See examples of QUIT used in a sentence.
Definition of quit verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
QUIT definition: 1. to leave your job or school permanently: 2. to stop doing something: 3. to end a program on a…. Learn more.
[informal] He quit his job as an office boy. 2. transitive verb. If you quit an activity or quit doing something, you stop doing it. [mainly US] A nicotine spray can help smokers quit the habit. Quit acting like you didn't know. Quit it! That hurts! Synonyms: stop, give up, cease, end More Synonyms of quit. 3. transitive verb.
1. If you quit, or quit your job, you choose to leave it. [informal] [...] 2. If you quit an activity or quit doing something, you stop doing it. [mainly US] [...] 3. If you quit a place, you leave it completely and do not go back to it. [...] More. Conjugations of 'quit' present simple: I quit, you quit [...]
Quit Definition. kwĭt. quits, quitting. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Verb. Adjective. Noun. Filter. verb. quits, quitting. To resign from or relinquish. Quit a job. American Heritage. To discharge (a debt or obligation); repay. Webster's New World. To stop, discontinue, or resign from. Webster's New World.