quits

[ kwits ]

adjective
  1. on equal terms by repayment or retaliation.

Idioms about quits

  1. call it quits,

    • to end one's activity, especially temporarily: At 10 o'clock I decided to call it quits for the day.

    • to abandon an effort.

  2. 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.

Origin of quits

1
1470–80; perhaps <Medieval Latin quittusquit1

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British Dictionary definitions for quits

quits

/ (kwɪts) informal /


adjective(postpositive)
  1. on an equal footing; even: now we are quits

  2. call it quits to agree to end a dispute, contest, etc, agreeing that honours are even

interjection
  1. an exclamation indicating willingness to give up

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