quit
For the verb: "to quit"
| Simple Past: | quit |
| Past Participle: | quit |
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
quit/kwɪt/
▶verb (quits, quitting; past and past part. quitted or quit)
- 1 leave, especially permanently.
- 2 informal resign from (a job).
- 3 informal, chiefly N. Amer. stop or discontinue.
- 4 (quit oneself) archaic behave in a specified way.
– phrases
quit hold of archaic let go of.
quit hold of archaic let go of.
– origin ME: from OFr. quiter (v.), quite (adj.), from L. quietus, past part. of quiescere ‘be still’, from quies ‘quiet’.
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