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[ verb ] put an end to a state or an activity
Synonyms Examples "Quit teasing your little brother" Used in print (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)Now Eileen really would have_to settle_down to love honor and obey , and she 'd have_to quit drinking . |
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[ verb ] go away or leave
Synonyms Used in print (The New York Times,...)An injury forced Skorich to quit after the 1948 season . Related terms stay leave walk_out_of decamp plump_out congee peel_of beat_a_retreat loss |
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[ verb ] give up or retire from a position
Synonyms Examples "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month" "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" Used in print (The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)In Poughkeepsie , N._Y. , in 1952 , a Roman_Catholic hospital presented seven Protestant physicians with an ultimatum to quit the Planned_Parenthood_Federation or to resign from the hospital staff . Related terms |
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[ verb ] turn away from; give up
Synonyms Examples "I am foreswearing women forever" Related terms |
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[ verb ] give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
Examples "In the second round, the challenger gave up" |
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