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- Dictionaryquit/kwɪt/
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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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 ]
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 set free : relieve, release. quit oneself of fear. 4. : conduct, acquit. the youths quit themselves like men. intransitive verb.
[VERB noun] He figured he would quit before Johnson fired him. [VERB] Synonyms: resign (from), leave, retire (from), pull out (of) More Synonyms of quit. 2.verb B1+. If you quit an activity or quit doing something, you stop doing it. [mainly US] A nicotine spray can help smokers quit the habit. [VERB noun] I was trying to quit smoking at the time.
verb. /kwɪt/ Verb Forms. [intransitive, transitive] (informal) to leave your job, school, etc. If I don't get more money I'll quit. He quit in protest over the decision. quit as something He has decided to quit as manager of the team. quit something to quit your job. He quit the show last year because of bad health.
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.
QUIT definition: 1. to leave your job or school permanently: 2. to stop doing something: 3. to end a program on a…. Learn more.
Definition of quit verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
QUIT meaning: 1 : to leave (a job, school, career, etc.); 2 : to stop doing (an action or activity)
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 ]
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.
