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To stop doing something
“For the sake of your health, it may be time to quit smoking.”
To stop working
“For some reason, the coffee machine has decided to quit.”
To give up or cease resistance
“Do you keep pursuing your dreams when times change, or do you just quit and go with the flow?”
To resign from (a job)
“He, understandably, decided to quit after winning the lottery.”
To leave or cause to remain behind
“It was getting late, and we informed our hosts that it was time for us to quit.”
(obsolete) To pay or give what is owed
“It is my fate to love thy friend and quit thy love with hate.”
(archaic) To conduct oneself in a specified manner
“Be strong and quit yourselves like men.”
To leave behind
To move (something) from one place to another
To split or withdraw from a union, alliance or organization
To abandon one's country or cause, typically in favor of an opposing one
To remove oneself from a group that one has been associated with
To take apart from
To refuse to work as a protest
To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner
Compensate, give in return
Free of something undesirable
“At last, I am quit of that dreadful burden.”
One of several species of small tropical American birds of the family Coerebidae, allied to the creepers, especially Cyanerpes caeruleus
“Beckham clearly felt his barnstorming performance on Wednesday night was the right moment to quit on a high.”
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