quit
1to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
to depart from; leave (a place or person): They quit the city for the seashore every summer.
to give up or resign; let go; relinquish: He quit his claim to the throne.She quit her job.
to release one's hold of (something grasped).
to acquit or conduct (oneself).
to free or rid (oneself): to quit oneself of doubts.
to clear (a debt); repay.
to cease from doing something; stop.
to give up or resign one's job or position: He keeps threatening to quit.
to depart or leave.
to stop trying, struggling, or the like; accept or acknowledge defeat.
released from obligation, penalty, etc.; free, clear, or rid (usually followed by of): quit of all further responsibilities.
Origin of quit
1Other words for quit
3 | vacate; release |
12 | acquitted, discharged |
Opposites for quit
Other words from quit
- quit·ta·ble, adjective
- un·quit·ted, adjective
Words that may be confused with quit
Words Nearby quit
Other definitions for quit (2 of 2)
any of various small tropical birds.
Origin of quit
2Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024
How to use quit in a sentence
She quits cold turkey — “It took four days,” she says — after meeting her husband Kevin Hunter.
Wendy Williams seems like the perfect Lifetime movie subject. So why is it so unsettling to watch? | Bethonie Butler | January 31, 2021 | Washington PostNaturally, you want to share this workload with your husband, but requesting he quit something he has done for years was going to be met with understandable resistance.
Sharing the workload at home when one child has special needs | Meghan Leahy | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostA few people quit high school to do the show and then got their GEDs, and we were aware that getting this job was changing their life trajectory.
For the family, if Peter quit flying, it meant he’d be home more to help with the kids.
The Climate Crisis Is Worse Than You Can Imagine. Here’s What Happens If You Try. | by Elizabeth Weil | January 25, 2021 | ProPublicaDespite the threats and harassment not one Parler employee has quit.
House Oversight Committee chairwoman requests FBI probe of Parler, including its role in Capitol siege | Tom Hamburger, Craig Timberg | January 22, 2021 | Washington Post
Park employees helped John quit tobacco by way of a butts-proof glass enclosure, a drastic change in diet, and regular exercise.
Zebra Finches, Dolphins, Elephants, and More Animals Under the Influence | Bill Schulz | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut they had not quit and here they now were as the Emerald Society Pipes and Drums came into the Garden.
Army B-squad players who fail to make it onto the varsity team after a year or two usually quit football.
On Tuesday, two senior Kremlin officials, Vladimir Avdeyenko and Boris Rapoport, quit their jobs.
Recession? Devaluation? Inflation? Putin Tells Russia Stay the Course. | Anna Nemtsova | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis breath became so strained that he was forced to quit his job as a horticulturalist for the parks department.
Before Eric Garner, There Was Michael Stewart: The Tragic Story of the Real-Life Radio Raheem | Marlow Stern | December 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHain't I kep' in doors uv a nite, an quit chawn tobacker and smokin' segars just to please her?
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousAnd knowing that bunch as well as I do, I don't think they'll lift the plunder and quit the country till they can go together.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairThe seller may safely give a quit-claim deed for he thereby sells only whatever interest he may have.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman | Albert Sidney BollesKing Edward refused to believe the evidence of his senses, and obstinately refused to quit the field.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonThat you and Jim don't mention the sale to anybody, and keep on runnin' the place—for wages—until I'm ready for you to quit.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington Kelland
British Dictionary definitions for quit
/ (kwɪt) /
(tr) to depart from; leave: he quitted the place hastily
to resign; give up (a job): he quitted his job today
(intr) (of a tenant) to give up occupancy of premises and leave them: they received notice to quit
to desist or cease from (something or doing something); break off: quit laughing
(tr) to pay off (a debt); discharge or settle
(tr) archaic to conduct or acquit (oneself); comport (oneself): he quits himself with great dignity
(usually predicative foll by of) free (from); released (from): he was quit of all responsibility for their safety
Origin of quit
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with quit
In addition to the idiom beginning with quit
- quite a bit
- quit while one's ahead
also see:
- call it quits
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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