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What does quit mean?
Definitions in simple English

quit

If you quit something, you stop doing it; that is, you do not do it any more. It was very hard to quit smoking. Please quit bothering me! I'll need to quit typing meanings soon. He always quits working too early. If you quit a job, it means you are not going to work anymore. After you quit, you will no longer have that job. I'm quitting my job now!

quit

put an end to a state or an activity Quit teasing your little brother (= leave office, resign) give up or retire from a position The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month The chairman resigned over the financial scandal (= depart) go away or leave (= foreswear) turn away from; give up I am foreswearing women forever (= give up) give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat In the second round, the challenger gave up

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Conjugation quit conjugation

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quit · verb

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Simple sentences

You can always quit the job.
He decided to quit smoking.
She quit smoking.
You should quit smoking.
He told me he wanted to quit the company.
I want to quit.
Quit fooling around.
I'm going to quit smoking.
You really ought to quit.
He tried in vain to quit smoking.
The odds are against me, so I think I'll quit now.
It would be unwise, not to say stupid, of you to quit your first job after only six months.
I applaud your decision to quit smoking.
Why did he quit his job?
Why did you quit?
What made up your mind to quit smoking?
How can I quit this job?
The manager of the team quit suddenly.
I swear, John. As of today, I quit smoking.
Let's quit here and continue tomorrow.
When are you going to quit smoking?
Any doctor will tell you to quit smoking.
By the way, did you hear that Mary quit her job?
I give my pledge that I will quit smoking.
John did not know how to explain to his wife that he had quit his job.
Jane is very content with her job and has no desire to quit it.
Quit lazing around and get moving!

Movie subtitles

She quit her job as a manager at a Whole Foods, came to work here.
I want you to quit hitting on my sister.
I won't quit until I succeed, and if Ludwig agrees.
Quit the work comrades! Let's step out on the streets!
Well, if there's not gonna be any more bidding, I might as well quit.
I never quit ajob in the middle ofthe road.
But after the girl quit you in the middle ofthe road.
And I know why you quit the Cimarron country, too.
And then I'd quit, Rico.
I don't quit.
You'd like to quit, wouldn't you?
He didn't quit on you, did he, Rico?
Bad business to quit on me, Sam.
Arnie you better quit this racket.
Force quit!
Force-quit the tank.
I've always wanted to do something before I quit. - What is that?
Listen, Thorpe. I never quit a job in the middle of the road.
But after the girl quit you in the middle of the road.
I know who you are now, and I know why you quit the Cimarron country too.
Sure, he quit!
If you go on like this, why don't you quit?
Nothing yellow. I don't quit.
Could it be that you didn't quit either of those?
Quit the clowning and let's get to work.
Well I guess I better quit the lecturing anyhow.
I wanna quit.
Wanna quit?
Would it put you out any if I quit?
If you only won't quit.
Well, I wouldn't quit for a million dollars.
If you call me Kay I won't quit.
We'll quit now.
Say, look here. You better quit this.
What made you quit? - I got tired of it.

News and current affairs

As the US proceeds with NMD, it will either have to violate the Treaty or give six months notice to quit, something both signatories are entitled to do if they feel their vital security interests demand it.
Legal experts in Washington suggest that modest preparations for building missile and radar sites do not violate the ABM-Treaty and so do not yet require a US notice to quit.
Quitting works: even those who stop smoking in their 40's lower their risk of death remarkably, and those who quit in their 30's have death risks close to lifelong non-smokers.
Tobacco tax increases, dissemination of information about the health risks of smoking, smoking bans in public, complete bans on advertising and promotion, and cessation therapies are effective in helping smokers to quit.
To quit the eurozone would only increase their level of indebtedness.
But it does mean that we can quit panicking and start thinking calmly to ensure that we focus on the right issues.
Perhaps, as Kahneman's research would lead us to expect, Buffett spent less of his life in a positive mood than he would have if, at some point in the 1960's, he had quit working, lived on his assets, and played a lot more bridge.
They told me how they had told their parents to quit smoking after learning about the consequences of the habit on health.
Russian President Vladimir Putin argues that Iran, unlike North Korea, has not expelled IAEA nuclear inspectors, quit the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) or tested a weapon - so it should be dealt with gently.
The only question that Obama should ask Netanyahu is, When will Israel quit the occupied Palestinian territories?
They want Obama to tell those dictators to quit right now, or else.
Graphic images of the damage that smoking causes can counter-balance the power of these appeals to the unconscious, thereby facilitating more deliberative decision-making and making it easier for people to stick to a resolution to quit smoking.
If it took Obama, a man strong-willed enough to aspire to and achieve the US presidency, five years to kick the habit, it is not surprising that hundreds of millions of smokers find themselves unable to quit.
Smokers who want to quit would then find it easier to do so.
Forcing the archconservative John Boehner to quit as Speaker of the House for being too soft was an act of war by Republicans against their own party.
Beyond serving as a temporary aid for people attempting to quit smoking cigarettes, such new nicotine-delivery systems could act as long-term alternatives to tobacco - making it possible to eliminate tobacco consumption almost entirely.
They are spreading the news that, for the first time in history, people can quit smoking without giving up the pleasure they derive from nicotine.
Similarly, when Morocco quit the OAU in 1984, it dreamed of European Union membership.
Mauritania's leaders quit ECOWAS, the West African regional grouping, to join the union formed by the North African countries.
Wolfensohn quit in frustration.
About one-third of male workers in Europe quit their jobs by their early fifties.
Even earlier than Carnegie, who quit at 65, Gates will devote his life to spending his huge fortune on philanthropy.
Two right-wing parties have left his ruling coalition, he has lost his majority within his own Likud Party, and his finance minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has quit his government.
Not everyone should heed Andreessen's exhortation to quit liberal arts programs!
But he who can't be fired won't be hired, and he who won't be hired won't quit.
In Nigeria today, the key question nowadays is not whether President Olusegun Obasanjo will quit after his second (and final) term expires next year, but who will succeed him.

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