ENGLISH: quit - CREOLE: kite



Overview of verb quit



The verb quit has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (14) discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off -- (put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother")

2. (1) leave office, quit, step down, 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")

3. (1) depart, take leave, quit -- (go away or leave)

4. foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish -- (turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever")

5. drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge -- (give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up")

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