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quit

stop, cease, surrender, release, resign: quit the job

Not to be confused with:

quiet – still; soothing; hushed; calm: quiet the animals

quite – very; to a degree; rather: quite a lovely compliment

quit

(kwĭt)

v. quit also quit·ted (kwĭt′ĭd), quit·ting, quits

v.tr.

a. To cease or discontinue: asked them to quit talking; quit smoking. See Synonyms at stop.

b. To resign from or relinquish: quit a job.

a. To depart from; leave: "You and I are on the point of quitting the theater of our exploits" (Horatio Nelson).

b. To leave the company of: had to quit the gathering in order to be home by midnight.

3. Computers To exit (an application).

a. To rid oneself of by paying: quit a debt.

b. To release from a burden or responsibility.

5. Archaic To conduct (oneself) in a specified way: Quit yourselves like adults.

v.intr.

1. To cease an action or cease working properly; stop: The car quit on the hill.

2. To abandon an activity out of frustration or despair; give up: saw that he would never get the part and quit.

3. To resign from or leave a job.

adj.

Absolved of a duty or an obligation; free.

[Middle English quiten, to release, from Old French quiter, from Medieval Latin quiētāre, quītāre, from Latin quiētus, at rest; see quiet.]

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quit

(kwɪt)

vb, quits or quitting, quitted or chiefly US quit

1. (tr) to depart from; leave: he quitted the place hastily.

2. to resign; give up (a job): he quitted his job today.

3. (intr) (of a tenant) to give up occupancy of premises and leave them: they received notice to quit.

4. to desist or cease from (something or doing something); break off: quit laughing.

5. (tr) to pay off (a debt); discharge or settle

6. (tr) archaic to conduct or acquit (oneself); comport (oneself): he quits himself with great dignity.

adj

(foll by: of) free (from); released (from): he was quit of all responsibility for their safety.

[C13: from Old French quitter, from Latin quiētus quiet; see quietus]

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quit

(kwɪt)

v. quit quit•ted, quit•ting, v.t.

1. to stop, cease, or discontinue.

2. to depart from; leave (a place or person).

3. to resign; relinquish: He quit his claim to the throne.

4. to release one's hold of (something grasped).

5. to free or rid (oneself).

6. to clear (a debt); repay.

7. to acquit or conduct (oneself).

v.i.

8. to cease from doing something; stop.

9. to resign one's job or position.

10. to depart or leave.

11. to stop trying, struggling, or the like; accept or acknowledge defeat.

adj.

12. released from obligation, penalty, etc.; rid (usu. fol. by of): quit of all further responsibilities.

[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]

quit

Past participle: quitted
Gerund: quitting

Imperative
quit
quit

Present
I quit
you quit
he/she/it quits
we quit
you quit
they quit

Preterite
I quitted
you quitted
he/she/it quitted
we quitted
you quitted
they quitted

Present Continuous
I am quitting
you are quitting
he/she/it is quitting
we are quitting
you are quitting
they are quitting

Present Perfect
I have quitted
you have quitted
he/she/it has quitted
we have quitted
you have quitted
they have quitted

Past Continuous
I was quitting
you were quitting
he/she/it was quitting
we were quitting
you were quitting
they were quitting

Past Perfect
I had quitted
you had quitted
he/she/it had quitted
we had quitted
you had quitted
they had quitted

Future
I will quit
you will quit
he/she/it will quit
we will quit
you will quit
they will quit

Future Perfect
I will have quitted
you will have quitted
he/she/it will have quitted
we will have quitted
you will have quitted
they will have quitted

Future Continuous
I will be quitting
you will be quitting
he/she/it will be quitting
we will be quitting
you will be quitting
they will be quitting

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been quitting
you have been quitting
he/she/it has been quitting
we have been quitting
you have been quitting
they have been quitting

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been quitting
you will have been quitting
he/she/it will have been quitting
we will have been quitting
you will have been quitting
they will have been quitting

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been quitting
you had been quitting
he/she/it had been quitting
we had been quitting
you had been quitting
they had been quitting

Conditional
I would quit
you would quit
he/she/it would quit
we would quit
you would quit
they would quit

Past Conditional
I would have quitted
you would have quitted
he/she/it would have quitted
we would have quitted
you would have quitted
they would have quitted

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Verb	1.	quit - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother" cease, discontinue, lay off, stop, give up knock off, drop - stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!" leave off - stop using; "leave off your jacket--no need to wear it here" sign off - cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations retire, withdraw - withdraw from active participation; "He retired from chess" pull the plug - prevent from happening or continuing; "The government pulled the plug on spending" close off, shut off - stem the flow of; "shut off the gas when you leave for a vacation" cheese - used in the imperative (get away, or stop it); "Cheese it!" call it a day, call it quits - stop doing what one is doing; "At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books" break - give up; "break cigarette smoking"
	2.	quit - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" leave office, step down, resign resign, vacate, renounce, give up - leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" retire - go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68" top out - give up one's career just as one becomes very successful; "The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out" pull up stakes, depart, leave - remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes" fall - lose office or power; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen"
	3.	quit - go away or leave take leave, depart walk out of - leave, usually as an expression of disapproval congee - depart after obtaining formal permission; "He has congeed with the King" beat a retreat - depart hastily go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" plump out - depart suddenly; "He plumped out of the house" break camp, decamp - leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn"
	4.	quit - turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever" foreswear, relinquish, renounce disclaim - renounce a legal claim or title to abandon, give up - give up with the intent of never claiming again; "Abandon your life to God"; "She gave up her children to her ex-husband when she moved to Tahiti"; "We gave the drowning victim up for dead"
	5.	quit - give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, fall by the wayside, throw in the towel, throw in, give up

quit

verb

1. resign (from), leave, retire (from), pull out (of), surrender, chuck (informal), step down (from) (informal), relinquish, renounce, pack in (informal), abdicate He figured he would quit his job before he was fired

2. stop, give up, cease, end, drop, abandon, suspend, halt, discontinue, belay (Nautical) I was trying to quit smoking at the time.
stop continue, finish, see through, go on with, complete

3. leave, depart from, go out of, abandon, desert, exit, withdraw from, forsake, go away from, pull out from, decamp from Police were called when he refused to quit the building.

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quit

verb

1. To move or proceed away from a place:

depart, exit, get away, get off, go, go away, leave, pull out, retire, run (along), withdraw.

Informal: cut out, push off, shove off.

Slang: blow, split, take off.

Idioms: hit the road, take leave.

2. To relinquish one's engagement in or occupation with:

demit, leave, resign, terminate.

3. To give up or leave without intending to return or claim again:

abandon, desert, forsake, leave, throw over.

Idioms: run out on, walk out on.

4. To cease trying to accomplish or continue:

abandon, break off, desist, discontinue, give up, leave off, relinquish, remit, stop.

Informal: swear off.

Slang: lay off.

Idioms: call it a day, call it quits, hang up one's fiddle, have done with, throw in the towel.

5. To come to a cessation:

arrest, belay, cease, check, discontinue, halt, leave off, stall, stop, surcease.

Idiom: come to a halt.

6. To conduct oneself in a specified way:

acquit, act, bear, behave, carry, comport, demean, deport, do.

adjective

Owing or being owed nothing:

even, quits, square.

Translations

يَتْرُكيَتْرُك، يُهاجِر

dát výpověďopustitzanechat

droppeforladeholde op med

aufgeben aufhörenden Hut nehmenlassen verlassen

κόβω παρατάω

ĉesiforlasi

dejar abandonar dejar de parar salir

lopettaaluopualuovuttaapoistuajättää

quitter abandonner aboutir arrêter cesser

prestati

abbahagyotthagy

hætta

lasciare smettere ricevere lo sfratto abbandonare essere alla pari

やめる辞める

...을 그만두다

atstātlikt mierāpamest

ophouden met verlaten

slutte slutte med

zrezygnować

abandonar deixar desistir parar sair

бросать покидать прекращать

končatiopustitiprenehatizapustiti

slutalämna

เลิก

bırakmak vazgeçmek

bỏ

离开解除停止放弃

quit

[kwɪt] (quit (quitted (pt, pp)))

A. VT

1. (= cease) to quit doing sth (esp US) → dejar de hacer algo
to quit work (during job) → suspender el trabajo, dejar de trabajar; (at end of day) → salir del trabajo
quit stalling! (esp US) → ¡déjate de evasivas!
quit fooling! → ¡déjate de tonterías!

2. (= leave) [+ place] → abandonar, salir de; [+ premises] → desocupar (Comput) [+ application] → abandonar
to quit one's job → dejar el trabajo, renunciar a su puesto

B. VI (esp US) (= go away) → irse, marcharse; (= resign) → dimitir, renunciar; (= stop work) → suspender el trabajo, dejar de trabajar; (= give up) (in game, task) → abandonar (Comput) → terminar, abandonar
I quit! → ¡lo dejo!; (from job) → ¡renuncio!
I've been given notice to quit → he recibido una notificación de desahucio

C. ADJ to be quit of sth/sb → haberse librado de algo/algn

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quit

[ˈkwɪt] [quit or quitted] (pt, pp)

(= leave) [+ job, school] → quitter; [+ place] → quitter
She's decided to quit her job → Elle a décidé de quitter son emploi.

(mainly US) (= stop) → arrêter
to quit the habit [smoker] → arrêter de fumer
to quit doing sth → arrêter de faire qch
Quit stalling! → Arrête de te dérober!
Quit doing that! → Arrête!

(mainly US) (= give up) → abandonner, renoncer (= resign) → démissionner
I quit! → J'abandonne!

(= leave) to give sb notice to quit [+ tenant] → donner congé à qn

quit

vb: pret, ptp <quitted or quit>

(= leave) town, army → verlassen; this life → scheiden aus; (= give up) job → aufgeben, kündigen; I’ve given her notice to quit the flat (form) → ich habe ihr die Wohnung gekündigt; I’ve had notice to quit the flat (form) → mir ist (die Wohnung) gekündigt worden; the dog would not quit his prey (liter) → der Hund wollte nicht von seiner Beute ablassen (liter)

(inf: = stop) → aufhören mit; to quit doing something → aufhören, etw zu tun; quit it! → hör (damit) auf!; to quit work → mit der Arbeit aufhören

(Comput) job, program → beenden, verlassen, aussteigen aus (inf)

(= leave one’s job) → kündigen

(= go away) → weg- or fortgehen; notice to quit → Kündigung f; they gave me notice to quit → sie haben mir gekündigt

(= accept defeat) → aufgeben; she doesn’t quit easily → sie gibt nicht so leicht or schnell auf

(Comput) → das Programm etc verlassen, beenden, aussteigen (inf)

adj quit of → los or frei von, ledig (+gen) (geh); we are quit of him → wir sind ihn los

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quit

[kwɪt] (quit or quitted (vb: pt, pp))

1. vt

a. (cease, work) → lasciare, piantare
to quit doing sth → smettere di fare qc
quit stalling! (Am) (fam) → non tirarla per le lunghe!

b. (leave, place) → lasciare
notice to quit (Brit) → preavviso (dato all'inquilino)

2. vi (resign) → dare le dimissioni, dimettersi; (give up, in game) → abbandonare, mollare; (accept defeat) → darsi per vinto/a

3. adj quit of → sbarazzato/a di, liberato/a di

quit

(kwit) – past tense, past participles ˈquitted, ~quit – verb

to leave, stop, or resign from etc. I'm going to quit teaching; They have been ordered to quit the house by next week.

be quit of

to be rid of. I am glad to be quit of that job.

quit

→ يَتْرُك dát výpověď droppe aufgeben παρατάω dejar lopettaa arrêter prestati lasciare やめる ...을 그만두다 ophouden met slutte (med) zrezygnować deixar покидать sluta เลิก bırakmak bỏ 离开

quit

vt. dejar, parar; desistir;

to ___ coming to class → ___ la clase.

quit

vt (pret & pp quit; ger quitting) dejar de, (to discontinue) suspender; You need to quit smoking..Tiene que dejar de fumar.

References in classic literature ?

Raoul perceived, from a distance, the two little turrets, the dove-cote in the elms, and the flights of pigeons, which wheeled incessantly around that brick cone, seemingly without power to quit it, like the sweet memories which hover round a spirit at peace.

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No, he would sooner quit Kellynch Hall at once, than remain in it on such disgraceful terms."

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Edmond preserved the most admirable self-command, not suffering the faintest indication of a smile to escape him at the enumeration of all the benefits he would have reaped had he been able to quit the island; but as The Young Amelia had merely come to Monte Cristo to fetch him away, he embarked that same evening, and proceeded with the captain to Leghorn.

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I directed my children to fly to a secure place, and shut up my house as I had done before, intending not to quit it; but my eldest daughter repented her leaving me, hastened back, and protested she would not quit the house unless I did.

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Marianne, few as had been her hours of comfort in London, and eager as she had long been to quit it, could not, when it came to the point, bid adieu to the house in which she had for the last time enjoyed those hopes, and that confidence, in Willoughby, which were now extinguished for ever, without great pain.

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And so he dragged himself to the ENQUIRER alley, sick in body and soul, but learning the long patience, to confront his eternal enemy, Cheese-Face, who was just as sick as he, and just a bit willing to quit if it were not for the gang of newsboys that looked on and made pride painful and necessary.

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He would have told me sooner, the fireman said, had he not been so certain that I would break down under the work and quit. As it was, I was killing myself, and all to no good purpose.

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She has given Geoffrey notice to quit these lodgings."

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"No, no, my friend," interrupted Athos, "I will never quit Raoul till the day his vessel disappears on the horizon.

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Can you, in short, be prevailed on to quit this scene of public triumph and oblige your friend Eleanor with your company in Gloucestershire?

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It was almost eight of the clock before all matters could be got ready for his departure: for Partridge was not in any haste, nor could the reckoning be presently adjusted; and when both these were settled and over, Jones would not quit the place before he had perfectly reconciled all differences between the master and the man.

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Perhaps it had been only Billy's modesty that made him say he had quit fighting.