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quit
1[ kwit ]
verb (used with object)
- to stop, cease, or discontinue:
She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
Antonyms: start
- to depart from; leave (a place or person):
They quit the city for the seashore every summer.
Antonyms: enter
- to give up or resign; let go; relinquish: She quit her job.
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.
verb (used without object)
- 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.
adjective
- released from obligation, penalty, etc.; free, clear, or rid (usually followed by of ):
quit of all further responsibilities.
quit
2[ kwit ]
noun
- any of various small tropical birds.
quit
/ kwɪt /
verb
- 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
- archaic.tr to conduct or acquit (oneself); comport (oneself)
he quits himself with great dignity
adjective
- usually predicativefoll byof free (from); released (from)
he was quit of all responsibility for their safety
Other Words From
- quitta·ble adjective
- un·quitted adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of quit1
Origin of quit2
Word History and Origins
Origin of quit1
Idioms and Phrases
In addition to the idiom beginning with quit , also see call it quits .Example Sentences
When asked a couple of weeks ago if she was going to quit as an MSP she told journalists "you'll have to wait and see".
Second, and relatedly, quit reading polls and feverishly adjusting the message to them.
His mother, always his fiercest supporter, refused to let him quit.
He has had a lot of injury mishaps but has never quit and never shirked a challenge.
He had faced internal pressure to quit over deep unpopularity with voters.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from 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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