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

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Q0038800 (kwĭt)v. quit also quit·ted (kwĭt′ĭd), quit·ting, quits v.tr.1. 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.2. 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).4. 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.]

quit

(kwɪt) vb, quits or quitting, quitted or chiefly US quit1. (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 settle6. (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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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

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	quit - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"cease, discontinue, lay off, stop, give upknock 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 stationsretire, 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, resignresign, 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 leavetake leave, departwalk out of - leave, usually as an expression of disapprovalcongee - depart after obtaining formal permission; "He has congeed with the King"beat a retreat - depart hastilygo 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, renouncedisclaim - renounce a legal claim or title toabandon, 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

verb1. 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 fired2. 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, complete3. 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.

quit

verb1. 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.adjectiveOwing or being owed nothing:even, quits, square.

Translations

离开解除停止放弃

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. 离开，停止，放弃，解除 be quit of to be rid of. I am glad to be quit of that job.摆脱

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quit the funny stuff

To stop joking or fooling around and be serious. (Said as an imperative.) The boss told us to quit the funny stuff and get ready for the meeting. All right kids, quit the funny stuff and open your books to page 53.See also: funny, quit, stuff

(someone) (just) doesn't know when to quit

Someone would be better off not doing something or acting a certain way because it is or may become destructive, counterproductive, futile, or undesirable. Mark keeps antagonizing the boss with little snarky quips—he just doesn't know when to quit! My wife keeps spending our money on clothes she doesn't even wear. She doesn't know when to quit! That's the third time you've berated me for not taking out the garbage. You just don't know when to quit, do you?See also: know, quit

quit while the going is good

To cease, end, or give up (doing) something before it becomes too difficult or the consequences become too severe. There are some reports that the market is about to take a dive, so I reckon we should quit while the going's good. Listen, kid, there's no way you can win this fight, so why don't you quit while the going is good?See also: going, good, quit, while

quit (something) cold turkey

To stop doing something abruptly. The phrase is most often used to describe the sudden cessation of a drug. After smoking for so long, I should have never tried to quit cold turkey—the withdrawal symptoms are unbearable. I'm so impressed that you quit gambling cold turkey!See also: cold, quit, turkey

church ain't out till they quit singing

Something is not over yet. Yes, we've had some setbacks this season, but that's no excuse to give up. Church ain't out till they quit singing!See also: church, out, quit, singe, till

quit on (one)

1. To stop functioning, either properly at all, especially while one is in the middle of using it. I can't believe this crappy old computer quit on me when I was halfway through my term paper! I've been looking for a new lawnmower ever since our old one quit out on us last week.2. To stop helping, supporting, or assisting one in some endeavor. A lot of my friends quit on me after I had my baby because they couldn't appreciate how much my priorities had changed. Sam is a bright kid, but he needs a lot of encouragement. If you quit on him, he'll quit caring too.3. To give up; to stop putting in the required effort. No, no, you can't stop moving now, we're nearly at the camp. Don't you quit on me now!4. To quit or resign from one's job, especially very suddenly or unexpectedly. Nearly a third of my team has quit on me over the last six months—at this rate, we won't have enough staff to finish even one of our projects by Christmas! I don't want to just quit on them, but every day I stay in that job feels like torture.See also: on, quit

quit while (one) is ahead

To cease, end, or give up (doing) something in which one has found some amount of success, especially so as not to risk spoiling or reversing that success. Look, that's good enough for what we need, so let's just quit while we're ahead. If we monkey around with the settings too much, we could screw the whole thing up. As soon as I made a bit of a profit playing poker, I decided to quit while I was ahead—no sense ending the night worse off than I began. I appreciate your compliment, but you should quit while you're ahead, because you're starting to veer off into creepy territory.See also: ahead, quit, while

quit (some place)

To depart from some place. If you think you can just quit this town and walk away from your debts, you've got another think coming. I've had enough of your sass—I'm quitting this place for good!See also: quit

quit over (someone or something)

To quit or resign from one's place of employment. Although he didn't say it, it's pretty clear that Tom quit over the lingering suspicions surrounding him. I can't believe you quit over some bozo who was being mean to you.See also: over, quit

quit (one's) bellyaching

To stop griping or complaining. Often said as an order. A: "But I don't like broccoli!" B: "Just quit your bellyaching and eat it!" If the kids don't quit their bellyaching soon, I'm going to turn this car around and take us right back home.See also: bellyache, quit

some people just don't know when to quit

Said of someone who continues to engage in some action or activity after they have no hope of succeeding or are making things worse for themselves. A: "She keeps throwing money away on these failing investments. It's like she can't understand that they're never going to perform the way she wants." A: "Yeah, some people just don't know when to quit." I told him to stop arguing with the boss like that, or he was going to get into even more trouble. Some people just don't know when to quit.See also: just, know, people, quit

Church ain't out till they quit singing.

Rur. things have not yet reached the end. Charlie: No way our team can win now. Mary: Church ain't out till they quit singing. There's another inning to go.See also: church, out, quit, singe, till

Keep (on) trying.

and Don't quit trying.Fig. a phrase encouraging continued efforts. Jane: I think I'm doing better in calculus. John: Keep trying! You can get an A. Sue: I really want that promotion, but I keep getting turned down. Bill: Don't quit trying! You'll get it.See also: keep, trying

quit a place

to leave a place. In the autumn, Melinda quit Paris and traveled south to warmer climes.See also: place, quit

quit on someone

1. [for something] to quit while someone is using it. This stupid car quit on me. I hope this thing doesn't quit on me. 2. [for one] to leave one's job, usually suddenly or unannounced. Wally, the park supervisor, quit on us at the last minute. My assistant quit on me.See also: on, quit

quit over someone or something

to stop working or doing something because of someone or something; to quit because of a dispute over someone or something. Please don't quit over a silly thing like that. She quit over one of her fellow workers.See also: over, quit

quit while one is ahead

to stop doing something while one is still successful. When will I learn to quit while I'm ahead? Get into the market. Make some money and get out. Quit while you're ahead.See also: ahead, one, quit, while

some people (just) don't know when to quit

and some people (just) don't know when to give up; some people (just) don't know when to stop 1. You, or someone being talked about, should stop doing something, such as talking, arguing, scolding, etc. (often directed toward the person being addressed.) Bill: I hate to say it again, but that lipstick is all wrong for you. It brings out the wrong color in your eyes, and it makes your mouth larger than it really is. Jane: Oh, stop, stop! That's enough! Some people just don't know when to quit. John: Those bushes out in the backyard need trimming. Sally: You keep criticizing! Is there no end to it? Some people don't know when to stop! 2. Some people do not know when to slow down and stop working so hard. Jane: He just kept on gambling. Finally, he had no money left. Sally: Some people don't know when to quit.See also: know, people, quit

quit while one's ahead

Don't try to improve on something that is already accomplished, as in Those drapes we hung are even enough-let's quit while we're ahead. This idiom also implies that further action runs the risk of spoiling something. Also see leave well enough alone. See also: ahead, quit, while

quit on

v.1. To stop helping or working with someone, especially when the support or assistance is needed: My friends quit on me when I really needed them.2. To stop functioning properly for someone; give out on someone: The car's battery quit on us when we were a mile from the city. My knee quit on me in the last mile of the marathon.See also: on, quit

quit while one is ahead

in. to stop doing something while one is successful. Get into the market. Make some money and get out. Quit while you’re ahead. See also: ahead, one, quit, while

Quit your bellyaching!

imperative Stop complaining! You’ve been bitching all day! Quit your bellyaching! See also: quit

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quit the funny stuff

(someone) (just) doesn't know when to quit

quit while the going is good

quit (something) cold turkey

church ain't out till they quit singing

quit on (one)

quit while (one) is ahead

quit (some place)

quit over (someone or something)

quit (one's) bellyaching

some people just don't know when to quit

Church ain't out till they quit singing.

Keep (on) trying.

quit a place

quit on someone

quit over someone or something

quit while one is ahead

some people (just) don't know when to quit

quit while one's ahead

quit on

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Quit your bellyaching!

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verb resign (from)

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verb stop

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verb leave

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verb to move or proceed away from a place

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verb to relinquish one's engagement in or occupation with

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verb to give up or leave without intending to return or claim again

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verb to cease trying to accomplish or continue

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verb to come to a cessation

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verb to conduct oneself in a specified way

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adj owing or being owed nothing

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verb put an end to a state or an activity

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verb give up or retire from a position

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verb go away or leave

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verb turn away from

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verb give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope

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