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quit | American Dictionary

quit
verb[ I/T ]
us/kwɪt/quitting | past tense and past participlequit
to leave a job or a place, or to stop doing something:
[ I ]Her assistant quit without an explanation.
[ T ]I quit working to be at home with the kids.
[ T ]Quit worrying about him – he’ll be fine!

quit | Business English

quit
verb[ I or T ]
uk /kwɪt/us
HR, WORKPLACE informal
to leave your job:
quit your job (as sth)Unable to drive, Lee was forced to quit his job.
Mr. Turner quit his job as a loan officer to take up dairy farming.
If she hates her job, why doesn't she quit?
informal
to leave a place or stop an activity:
He hates Britain and wants to quit for good.
I would love to quit magazine work.
quit doing sthAs many as a third of producers have indicated that they intend to quit milking cows unless returns improve.
IT
to close a program on a computer:
If a window appears asking you whether to quit any open applications, click Continue.

Examples of quit

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As soon as a few years after quitting the smoking habit, ex-smokers are at a substantially lower risk for myocardial infarction or stroke.
Among respondents, 7 % of smokers reported never trying to quit.
He quit in 1954 to take part in the creation of one of the first private laboratories dedicated to assisting metallurgical and mechanical domestic industries.
In human conversations we are accustomed to having the other participant's quitting if we interrupt and persist in our interruption.
Recent reviews reported that lack of acknowledgment and work-related stress contribute to less work satisfaction and the desire to quit nursing as a profession.
It can now be more confidently asserted that high internalization is an important risk factor for failure to quit smoking.
Furthermore, the number of people quitting smoking increased as the intensity of the smoking-cessation intervention increased (15).
Accepting to quit the current game closes this game and cancels the remaining commitments of the game.
As a result, the incentive to use advance notice would be countercyclical since the probability that workers quit falls during recession.
However, 20 percent of the dentists had at some time or other recommended smokeless tobacco as a support for smokers who wanted to quit.
Women who spontaneously quit smoking in early pregnancy.
Scientists will have to quit their ivory towers in order to explain how the patient sorting out of tested information can facilitate agreement.
Thus, if a worker quits before the notice period expires, there are no additional costs involved, beyond the wage paid during the notice time.
Displaying extreme self-neglect and lack of concentration, he had to quit the yeshiva.
First, they may opt to quit the firm and seek employment elsewhere.
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