quit
退出,辞职,戒掉
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Definitions
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quit or quit·ted, quit·ting.
- : to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
- : to depart from; leave: 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.
- : to acquit or conduct.
- : to free or rid: to quit oneself of doubts.
- : to clear; repay.
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quit or quit·ted, quit·ting.
- : 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.
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- : released from obligation, penalty, etc.; free, clear, or rid: quit of all further responsibilities.
Phrases
- quite a bit
- quit while one's ahead
- call it quits
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
She quits cold turkey — “It took four days,” she says — after meeting her husband Kevin Hunter.
Naturally, 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.
A 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.
Despite the threats and harassment not one Parler employee has quit.
Park employees helped John quit tobacco by way of a butts-proof glass enclosure, a drastic change in diet, and regular exercise.
But 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.
His breath became so strained that he was forced to quit his job as a horticulturalist for the parks department.
Hain't I kep' in doors uv a nite, an quit chawn tobacker and smokin' segars just to please her?
And 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.
The seller may safely give a quit-claim deed for he thereby sells only whatever interest he may have.
King Edward refused to believe the evidence of his senses, and obstinately refused to quit the field.
That 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.