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Syllabification: (quit)

Pronunciation: /kwit/

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Definition of quit

verb (quits, quitting; past and past participle quitted or quit)

1 [with object] leave (a place), usually permanently:he was ordered to quit the cabin immediately
informal resign from (a job):she quit her job in a pizza restaurant [no object]:he quit as manager of struggling Third Division City
informal, chiefly North American stop or discontinue (an action or activity):quit moaning! I want to quit smoking

2 (quit oneself) [with adverbial] archaic behave in a specified way:quit yourselves like men, and fight

adjective

[predic.] (quit of)

rid of:I want to be quit of him

Phrases

quit hold of: archaic let go of.

Origin:

Middle English (in the sense 'set free'): from Old French quiter (verb), quite (adjective), from Latin quietus, past participle of quiescere 'be still', from quies 'quiet'

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quit1

verb (quits, quitting; past and past participle quitted or quit)

adjective

Phrases

quit hold of

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