quit

/kwɪt/ verb (present participle quitting, past tense and past participle quit)

Translation

NOT WORK [I, T] › to leave your job or school permanently

iş veya okuldan uzun süreli ayrılmak, terketmek, istifa etmek

She recently quit her job to spend more time with her family.1439

NOT DO [T] › to stop doing something

yapmaktan vazgeçmek, bırakmak

I quit smoking and put on weight.788

(Definition of quit verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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