quit

/kwɪt/ v [I/T] (quitting, past tense and past participle quit)

Definition

› 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!

(Definition of quit v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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