quit
[verb]
Synonyms:
- stop, abandon, cease, discontinue, drop, end, give up, halt
- resign, abdicate, go, leave, pull out, retire, step down (informal)
- depart, go, leave, pull out

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Contrasted words: hire on, hire out
Related Idioms: draw one's time, give notice
Related Words: relinquish, resign, surrender, retire, secede, withdraw

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English Thesaurus: leave, quit, resign, hand in your notice/resignation, retire, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

quit S3 /kwɪt/ verb (past tense and past participle quit, also quitted British English, present participle quitting)
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: quiter, from quite 'at rest, free of', from Latin quietus; ⇒ quiet¹]

1. [intransitive and transitive] informal to leave a job, school etc, especially without finishing it completely:
He quit his job after an argument with a colleague.
I quit school at 16.
She has decided to quit show business.
People are now calling on the chairman to quit.

2. [intransitive and transitive] especially American English to stop doing something, especially something that is bad or annoying ⇒ give up:
The majority of smokers say that they would like to quit the habit.
Quit it, Robby, or I’ll tell mom!
We’ve done what we can. Let’s quit.
quit doing something
He’s been given six months to live if he doesn’t quit drinking.
I wish you’d all quit complaining.

3. [intransitive and transitive] British English law to leave a house or apartment that you have been renting:
The landlord gave them notice to quit the premises within seven days.

4. be quit of something British English formal to no longer have to suffer or be involved with something bad:
The people now long to be quit of war.

5. [transitive] formal to leave a place:
It was ten years since he had quit Russia.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

quit
verb
VERB + QUIT try to I'm still trying to quit smoking.
decide to | threaten to | be forced to, have to
PREP. as He was forced to quit as the team's manager.
over Their longest-serving employee is threatening to quit over pay.
PHRASES give/issue notice to quit Landlords are normally required to give 28 days' written notice to quit.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

leave:
I left my last job because the salary was so low.
Why don’t you just leave?
quit to leave your job permanently because you are not happy with it:
After enduring months of harassment, Mrs Collins decided to quit her job.
I’ve told them I’m quitting.
resign to officially announce that you have decided to leave your job:
The company director was forced to resign over the scandal.
hand in your notice/resignation to write an official letter to your employer saying that you are going to leave your job on a particular date:
You have to hand in your notice at least four weeks before you leave.
retire to leave your job in order to stop working permanently, usually because you have reached the age when most people stop working:
After forty years of working for the bank, Karl retired in May.
He had to retire because of ill health.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

leave:
Just as I was leaving the house, the phone rang.
We left early to avoid the traffic.
go especially spoken to leave somewhere:
Come on, boys, it’s time to go.
When does the next bus go?
set off especially British English to leave somewhere and begin a journey:
The following day we set off for Vienna.
take off if a plane takes off, it leaves the ground at the beginning of a flight:
Our plane took off late because of the fog.
emigrate to leave your own country in order to live permanently in another country:
In 2002, his family emigrated to New Zealand.
depart formal to leave – used especially about trains, buses, planes etc:
Coaches depart for the airport every 30 minutes.
graduate to successfully finish your studies at a college or university, or at an American high school:
Kelly graduated from Harvard with a degree in East Asian Studies.
Approximately 80% of Americans graduate from high school.
drop out to leave school, college, or university before your course of study has finished, because you do not want to continue with it:
I failed my first year exams and decided to drop out and get a job.
quit American English to leave school without finishing your course of study:
He quit school at fourteen to work and help support his family.
resign to officially announce that you have decided to leave your job:
The company director was forced to resign over the scandal.
hand in your notice/resignation to write an official letter to your employer saying that you are going to leave your job on a particular date:
You have to hand in your notice at least four weeks before you leave.
retire to leave your job in order to stop working permanently, usually because you have reached the age when most people stop working:
After forty years of working for the bank, Karl retired in May.
He had to retire because of ill health.
annual leave (=an amount of time that you are allowed away from work for holidays etc)
Annual leave is 22 days plus public holidays.
maternity leave (=time that a mother is allowed away from work to have and take care of a new baby)
Two teachers were off on maternity leave.
paternity leave (=time that a father is allowed away from work to take care of a new baby)
He got five days’ paternity leave.
parental leave (=time that a parent is allowed away from work to take care of a child)
Parental leave is often unpaid.
sick leave (also medical leave American English) (=time that you are allowed away from work because you are ill)
The form must be filled in as soon as you return from sick leave.
compassionate leave (=time that you are allowed away from work because someone in your family is very ill or has died)
Eileen was given compassionate leave to go to the funeral.
paid/unpaid leave
She took three days unpaid leave in order to help her daughter.
home leave (=time that you are allowed to spend at home from a job that is far away, for example in the army, or from prison)
Roberts had failed to return from home leave, and there was a warrant out for his arrest.
shore leave (=time that a sailor is allowed to spend on land and away from work)
Hong Kong was a popular place for shore leave.
special leave (=time that you are allowed away from work for a special reason)
Some firms grant special leave when you move house.
study leave British English (=time that you are allowed away from work because you are taking a course)
The company offers study leave for staff development.
sabbatical leave (=time that a teacher is allowed away from work to study or travel)
Headteachers can take sabbatical leave every five years.
indefinite leave (=leave without a time limit)
She has gone on indefinite leave, suffering from exhaustion.
leave entitlement (=the amount of time that you are allowed to spend away from work on holidays etc)
The normal paid leave entitlement is 20 days.
have/get leave
How much annual leave do you get?
be entitled to leave (=be allowed to have as leave)
After five years, employees are entitled to 25 days’ leave.
go on leave (=start your time away from work)
I’ll get the report to you before you go on leave.
take leave (=use the time you are allowed)
I don’t think I’ll be able to take any leave in January because we’re too busy.
use (up) leave
I used all my leave in the summertime.
give/grant somebody leave
He was given compassionate leave.
cancel sb’s leave (=stop people taking leave)
The Police Department cancelled all leave because of the emergency.
vacation especially American English, holiday especially British English time you spend away from school or work:
Are you taking a vacation this summer?
We met on holiday in Cyprus.
What are you doing in the school holidays?
holiday a day that is set by law, when no one has to go to work or school:
the Thanksgiving holiday
New Year's Day is a national holiday.
In 2002, there was an extra public holiday to mark the Queen's golden jubilee.
the August bank holiday (=day when all the banks and shops are closed – used in British English)
break a time when you stop working or studying in order to rest, or a short vacation from school:
a ten-minute coffee break
Lots of college kids come to the beaches during the spring break.
sabbatical [usually singular] a period when someone, especially a teacher, stops doing their usual work in order to study or travel:
She was on sabbatical for six months.
I'm thinking of taking a sabbatical.
furlough a period of time when a soldier or someone working in another country can return to their own country as a holiday:
While on furlough, he and his girlfriend got married.
R & R (rest and relaxation) a holiday, especially one given to people in the army, navy etc after a long period of hard work or during a war:
Soldiers in Vietnam were taken to Hawaii for R & R.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

leave especially British English to finish studying at school or college, usually at the age or time when people normally finish:
When James left school, he worked for a while with his father.
She found it hard to get a job after leaving university.
graduate to successfully finish your studies at a college or university, or at an American high school:
Kelly graduated from Harvard with a degree in East Asian Studies.
Approximately 80% of Americans graduate from high school.
drop out to leave school, college, or university before your course of study has finished, because you do not want to continue with it:
I failed my first year exams and decided to drop out and get a job.
quit American English to leave school without finishing your course of study:
He quit school at fourteen to work and help support his family.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

stop to not do something any longer:
I wish she would stop talking.
He waited for them to stop.
quit especially American English informal to stop doing something:
She needs to quit complaining about her life.
It’s too late for him to quit now.
give something up to stop doing something, especially something that you have been doing for a long time:
It’s so hard to give up smoking.
She wants to give up her job.
I’ve given up trying to tell my son to clean his room.
pack something in informal to stop doing something, especially because you feel tired or annoyed:
Sometimes I feel like packing in my job and starting again somewhere else.
Pack it in, will you! (=used when telling someone to stop doing something, because they are annoying you)
pull out of something to stop taking part in something that you have agreed to take part in:
The unions have pulled out of the negotiations.
The US decided to pull out of the competition.
cease formal to stop doing something:
The company has decided to cease production of its film cameras.
The US government ceased talks with North Korea.
pause to stop speaking or doing something for a short time before starting again:
He paused for a moment to consider the question.
‘I think it’s going to rain,’ she said, pausing to look up at the sky.
have/take a break to stop working, studying, or driving for a short time in order to rest:
Okay, everyone. Take a ten-minute break.
If you’re feeling tired, you should have a break.
break to stop working, studying etc in order to rest or eat something – used about a group of people who are doing something together:
After a couple of hours the committee broke for lunch.
come to an end to stop – used about something that has continued for a long time:
The war finally came to an end in 1918.
wear off to gradually stop – used about a pain, a feeling, or the effects of something:
The pain will soon wear off.
The excitement was beginning to wear off.
The anaesthetic took a long time to wear off.
peter out to gradually stop happening or existing:
The campaign petered out after only a few weeks.
come to a halt especially written to move more slowly and then stop – used about a vehicle:
The train slowly came to a halt just outside the station.
The plane came to a halt less than twenty yards away from the limousines.
pull over to move to the side of the road and stop – used about a vehicle or its driver:
The bus pulled over to the side of the road, with smoke coming out of its engine.
The police officer was waving at him to pull over.
pull up to stop close to something – used about a vehicle or its driver:
The taxi pulled up outside her house.
He pulled up next to our car.
come to a standstill to go slower and then stop moving completely:
The road was blocked by an accident, and the traffic quickly came to a standstill.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

quit
kwɪt
See: call it quits

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