quitverb [ I or T ]
uk/kwɪt/us/kwɪt/present participle quitting, past tense and past participle quitB1 to stop doing something or leave a job or a place:
Would you quit your job if you inherited lots of money?
[ + -ing verb ] I'm going to quit smoking.
Quit wasting my time!
Press Q to quit the program.
More examples
- I don't know why she quit her job.
- Despite opposition from his family, he quit school and became an actor.
- The nicotine patches are designed to help people quit smoking.
- He's dropped several hints to the boss that he'll quit if he doesn't get a promotion.
- Quit teasing your brother like that.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Retiring & resigning
- abdicate
- attrition
- bow 1
- bow out
- chuck
- chuck sth in
- demit
- drop
- golden parachute
- leave the field open for sb idiom
- natural wastage
- outgoing
- pension sb off
- serve
- serve sth out
- stand aside
- stand down
- step
- step aside/down
- throw
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Stop having or doing something