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quit(verb)/kwɪt/ /kwɪt/Verb Forms- to leave your job, school, etc.
- If I don't get more money I'll quit.
- He quit in protest over the decision.
- He has decided to quit as manager of the team.
- to quit your job
- He quit the show last year because of bad health.
- She quit school at 16.
- I am considering quitting my job to start a business.
Extra Examples- I thought about working part-time, or quitting altogether.
- In this job you have to know when to quit.
- Their longest-serving employee is threatening to quit over pay.
- He was forced to quit college and find work.
- to stop doing something
- I've quit smoking.
- You don't know me, so quit trying to act like you do.
- She finally quit working at age 76.
- Just quit it!
- We only just started. We're not going to quit now.
- to leave the place where you live
- We decided it was time to quit the city.
- The landlord gave them all notice to quit.
- I decide to quit town and lie low for a while.
- to close a computer program or application
- I quit the app and restarted it.
Word Origin- Middle English (in the sense ‘set free’): from Old French quiter (verb), quite (adjective), from Latin quietus, past participle of quiescere ‘be still’, from quies ‘quiet’.
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