1
as in to leave
to give up (a job or office)
he decided to quit his job at the fast-food restaurant
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2
as in to abandon
to stop doing (something) permanently
her doctor told her it was high time she quit smoking
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3
as in to stop
to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end
quit pestering your coworkers with pointless questions
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as in to forsake
to cause to remain behind
he quit the house sometime around nine this morning and hasn't been seen since
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as in to succumb
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)
tried to persuade his daughter to remain at home, but eventually he just quit and let her go out on her own
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as in to cease
to come to an end
will this teasing ever quit?
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as in to depart
to leave a place often for another
we plan to quit the amusement park around seven tonight and then head to the diner for some food
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as in to behave
to manage the actions of (oneself) in a particular way
I thought the kids quitted themselves quite well at the concert tonight
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as in free
no longer burdened with something unpleasant or painful
I am finally quit of that terrible task
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Recent Examples of quit
Brit Morse, Fortune, 9 July 2025
But Williams said even if non-FDA authorized products disappear from the market, there are some that have gained authorization that would still be available to people who want to use them to quit cigarettes.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 9 July 2025
In April alone, 3.2 million Americans quit their jobs.
—Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
To say the quiet part out loud: many athletes have previously felt that choosing to have a child meant having to quit.
—L'oréal Blackett, Refinery29, 30 June 2025
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And as a result, these workers are twice as likely to consider quitting their jobs, the report finds.
—Brit Morse, Fortune, 9 July 2025
But Williams said even if non-FDA authorized products disappear from the market, there are some that have gained authorization that would still be available to people who want to use them to quit cigarettes.
—Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 9 July 2025
In April alone, 3.2 million Americans quit their jobs.
—Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
To say the quiet part out loud: many athletes have previously felt that choosing to have a child meant having to quit.
—L'oréal Blackett, Refinery29, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quit
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Commission leader Thomas Bullitt later left Kentucky and did not return.—
Leo Bertucci,
The Courier-Journal,
5 July 2025
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Exiting at nearly 3:40 a.m., Hill left the crowd inspired and electrified.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
5 July 2025
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Retired repos add risk: When maintainers abandon a namespace, attackers can adopt it and push trojan updates.—
Syed Ahmed,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Never desert a blaze: Avoid abandoning any fire without supervision.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2025
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The toddler stopped crying about 15 minutes after she had been put down for a nap.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 July 2025
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Such as when our yellow Lab Frank couldn’t stop wagging his tail while digging a hole.—
David McGrath,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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In a moment that is almost cliché, the lawyer is the first to succumb to the terror of the T-Rex.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Some leaders recently have succumbed to such efforts and paid the piper, while others have resisted.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
7 July 2025
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Trump signed an order May 2 directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease funding NPR and PBS.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Baker's lawsuit was seeking back pay, attorney's fees and an injunction ordering the county to cease behavior that discriminates against minorities and suppresses residents' First Amendment rights.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Businesses would pay the tax (including self-employed), but regular employees would face no direct taxes at all.—
Nathan Lewis,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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A lot of users paid to have their dresses professionally preserved.—
Hannah Pittard,
People.com,
8 July 2025
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Your domestic flight will depart at least three hours later than scheduled, or your international flight will depart at least six hours late.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
14 July 2025
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According to flight tracker Flightradar24, the plane departed at 2:36 p.m. and returned to the ground at 3:22 p.m.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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Because Ireland is an Anglophone country with large diasporas located in the United Kingdom and the United States, it is assumed that politics should behave a little bit like the two nations who pump so much influence back into it through the mass media produced in London, New York, and Hollywood.—
Michael Brendan Dougherty,
National Review,
11 July 2025
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Now, another Russian satellite is behaving in the same way, with a mothership opening up to release a smaller object that could in turn reveal its own surprise inside like a Matryoshka nesting doll.—
Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
11 July 2025
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“Quit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quit. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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