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quit

UK/kwɪt/ US/kʰw̥ɪt/ common

verb

1.

put an end to a state or an activity

  • “Quit teasing your little brother”
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2.

give up or retire from a position

  • “The Secretary fo the Navy will leave office next month”
  • “The chairman resigned over the financial scandal”
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3.

go away or leave

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4.

turn away from; give up

  • “I am foreswearing women forever”
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5.

give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

  • “In the second round, the challenger gave up”
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Origin

From Middle English quiten, quyten, from Anglo-Norman quitter, Old French quitter, from quitte (“acquitted, quit”), ultimately from Latin quietus, which itself derives from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyéh₁-ti-s, from *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest”). Doublet of coy, quite, quiet, and quietus. Compare Dutch kwijten (“to quit”), German Low German quitten (“to quit”), German quitten, quittieren, Danish kvitte, Swedish qvitta, kvitta (“to quit, leave, set off”), Icelandic kvitta.

Phrases

  • don't quit your day job
  • force quit
  • hit it and quit it
  • quiet quit
  • quit buddy
  • quit claim deed
  • quit lit
  • quit scores

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