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adjective
Idioms1.
on equal terms by repayment or retaliation.
2.
call it quits,
a.
to end one's activity, especially temporarily: At 10 o'clock I decided to call it quits for the day.
b.
to abandon an effort.
3.
cry quits, to agree to end competition and consider both sides equal: It became too dark to continue play and they decided to cry quits.
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Quits
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verb (used with object)
1.
to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
2.
to depart from; leave (a place or person): They quit the city for the seashore every summer.
3.
to give up or resign; let go; relinquish: He quit his claim to the throne. She quit her job.
4.
to release one's hold of (something grasped).
5.
EXPANDto acquit or conduct (oneself).
verb (used without object)
8.
to cease from doing something; stop.
9.
to give up or resign one's job or position: He keeps threatening to quit.
10.
to depart or leave.
11.
to stop trying, struggling, or the like; accept or acknowledge defeat.
adjective
12.
released from obligation, penalty, etc.; free, clear, or rid (usually followed by of): quit of all further responsibilities.
Origin:
1175–1225; (adj.) Middle English quit(te) exempt, freed, acquitted of (< Old French quite) < Medieval Latin quittus, by-form of quītus (≫ Middle English quit(e); see quite), for Latin quiētus quiet1; (v.) Middle English quit(t)en to pay, acquit oneself < Old French quit(t)er < Medieval Latin quittāre, quiētāre to release, discharge, Late Latin quiētare to put to rest, quiet1
1175–1225; (adj.) Middle English quit(te) exempt, freed, acquitted of (< Old French quite) < Medieval Latin quittus, by-form of quītus (≫ Middle English quit(e); see quite), for Latin quiētus quiet1; (v.) Middle English quit(t)en to pay, acquit oneself < Old French quit(t)er < Medieval Latin quittāre, quiētāre to release, discharge, Late Latin quiētare to put to rest, quiet1
Related forms
quit·ta·ble, adjective
un·quit·ted, adjective
Synonyms
3. surrender, release. 12. acquitted, discharged.
3. surrender, release. 12. acquitted, discharged.
Antonyms
1, 8. start. 2. enter.
1, 8. start. 2. enter.
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Word Origin & History
quit
early 13c., "free, clear," from O.Fr. quite "free, clear," from L. quietus "free" (in M.L. "free from war, debts, etc."), also "calm, resting" (see quiet). The verb is first attested c.1300, "to set free, redeem" (usually of a debt or suspicion); sense of "leave" is attested
EXPANDfrom late 14c.; that of "to leave (a place)" is from c.1600; that of "stop" (doing something) is from 1640s. Meaning "to give up" is from mid-15c.; quitting time is from 1835; quitter as an insult is 1881, American English. Quits "even" (with another) is from 1660s.
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