quit
/kwit/
Definition
Verb (Transitive):
- To stop, discontinue, or give up an activity, habit, or job.
- To leave or depart from a place or position.
- To free or rid oneself of something.
Verb (Intransitive):
- To cease an action; to stop doing something.
- To resign from a job or position.
- To admit defeat and stop trying.
Usage
- As a transitive verb (to stop an action): The object is the activity being stopped.
- You should quit smoking for your health.
- He promised to quit his bad habits.
- As a transitive verb (to leave a place/position): The object is the place or job.
- She decided to quit her job and travel.
- They were forced to quit the premises.
- As an intransitive verb (to stop trying or resign): Used without a direct object.
- Don't quit; you're almost finished.
- After the scandal, the minister had to quit.
Examples
- Transitive usage:
- I need to quit procrastinating and start my work.
- The player quit the team after the argument.
- Intransitive usage:
- When the game got too hard, he simply quit.
- If you quit now, you'll never know if you could have succeeded.
Advanced Usage
- "To be quit of" (formal/archaic): To be free or rid of something undesirable.
- He was glad to be quit of the responsibility.
- "To quit oneself" (archaic): To conduct or behave oneself in a specified manner.
- He quit himself bravely in the battle.
Variants and Related Words
- Quitter (n): A person who gives up easily.
- Don't be a quitter; see the project through.
- Notice to quit (n, legal): A formal notice to vacate a rented property.
- The landlord served them a notice to quit.
Synonyms
- Stop, cease, discontinue: For ending an action.
- Resign, leave, step down: For leaving a job.
- Abandon, forsake, depart: For leaving a place.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Quit on (someone): To stop supporting or helping someone, especially when they are depending on you.
- He felt his friends quit on him when he needed them most.
Related Idioms
- "Call it quits": To decide to stop doing something; to agree that a debt or competition is settled.
- After years of arguing, they decided to call it quits and get a divorce.
- Let's call it quits for today and continue tomorrow.
- "Double or quits" (UK) / "Double or nothing" (US): A gamble to decide whether a debt will be doubled or canceled.
- He bet his last chip on double or quits.
Verb
- give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
- In the second round, the challenger gave up
- turn away from; give up
- I am foreswearing women forever
- go away or leave
- give up or retire from a position
- The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month
- The chairman resigned over the financial scandal
- put an end to a state or an activity
- Quit teasing your little brother
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