quit
put an end to a state or an activity
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,950 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,553 times across 155,168 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- put an end to a state or an activity also: discontinue, stop, cease, give up, lay off Quit teasing your little brother
- give up or retire from a position also: leave office, step down, resign The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next monthThe chairman resigned over the financial scandal
- go away or leave also: depart, take leave
- turn away from; give up also: foreswear, renounce, relinquish I am foreswearing women forever
- give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat also: drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel In the second round, the challenger gave up
quit in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I grew afraid and turned to quit the room.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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No, the best way to do is to quit now.
The New Boy at Hilltop, and Other Stories · Ralph Henry Barbour · Chapter 2
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Quit this forest instantly, and make your way to Paris.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 2
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She had got this far when the blow quit, leavin' her tracks to show.
The Winning of Barbara Worth · Harold Bell Wright · Chapter 1
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How can a glow the soul entrance, When frostbite nips the finger, And blushes quit the countenance To nigh the nostril linger!
Punch — Volume 100, January 31, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1