quit

quit
verb
ADVERB
altogether

I thought about working part-time, or quitting altogether.

abruptly, suddenly
VERB + QUIT
try to

I'm still trying to quit smoking.

decide to
be ready to, threaten to
be forced to, have to
PREPOSITION
as

He was forced to quit as the team's manager.

over

Their longest-serving employee is threatening to quit over pay.

PHRASES
give notice to quit, issue notice to quit (both esp. BrE)

Landlords are normally required to give 28 days' written notice to quit.

know when to quit

In this job you have to know when to quit.

Quit is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑employee, ↑engine
Quit is used with these nouns as the object: ↑athletics, ↑band, ↑cabinet, ↑college, ↑job, ↑post, ↑school, ↑smoking

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  • Quit — Quit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quit} or {Quitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quitting}.] [OE. quiten, OF. quiter, quitier, cuitier, F. quitter, to acquit, quit, LL. quietare, fr. L. quietare to calm, to quiet, fr. quietus quiet. See {Quiet}, a., and cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Quit — Quit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quit} or {Quitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quitting}.] [OE. quiten, OF. quiter, quitier, cuitier, F. quitter, to acquit, quit, LL. quietare, fr. L. quietare to calm, to quiet, fr. quietus quiet. See {Quiet}, a., and cf.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • quit — [kwɪt] verb quit PTandPP also quitted quitting PRESPART [intransitive, transitive] 1. informal to leave your job, especially …   Financial and business terms

  • quit — [kwıt] v past tense and past participle quit also quitted BrE present participle quitting [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: quiter, from quite at rest, free of , from Latin quietus; QUIET1] 1.) [I and T] i …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • quit — I (discontinue) verb abandon, abdicate, abjure, abort, acknowledge defeat, admit defeat, apostatize, arrest, back out, become inactive, break off, bring to an end, call a halt, capitulate, cause a stoppage, cause to halt, cease, cease progress,… …   Law dictionary

  • quit — [ kwıt ] (past tense and past participle quit) verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive INFORMAL to leave a job or school permanently: She quit after only six months on the job. His decision to quit international soccer has shocked everyone. quit… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Quit — can mean: * To quit, or resign from, one s job or in general any activity being performed * To quit, or cease, an addiction * QUIT!, the activist group * An abbreviation of grassquit, a small bird of the tropical Americas * An I Quit match in… …   Wikipedia

  • Quit — (kw[i^]t), a. [OE. quite, OF. quite, F. quitte. See {Quit}, v., {Quiet}.] Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The owner of the ox shall be quit. Ex. xxi. 28. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • quit — ► VERB (quitting; past and past part. quitted or quit) 1) leave, especially permanently. 2) resign from (a job). 3) informal, chiefly N. Amer. stop or discontinue. 4) (quit oneself) archaic behave in a specified way …   English terms dictionary

  • Quit — (kw[i^]t), n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See {Banana quit}, under {Banana}, and {Guitguit}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • quit — [v1] abandon, leave abdicate, blow*, book*, bow out, check out, cut out*, decamp, depart, desert, drop, drop out, evacuate, exit, forsake, get off, give up, go, go away from, hang it up*, leave flat*, leave hanging*, pull out, push off*,… …   New thesaurus

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