quits (verb)

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• call it quits — verb stop doing what one is doing At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books • Syn: ↑call it a day • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue, ↑stop, ↑cease, ↑give up, ↑quit, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• call it quits — verb To conclude; to quit or stop an activity, especially after applying oneself to it for a significant period of time. If youve been working so long that youre making matters worse, it might be time to call it quits and stop for the night …   Wiktionary

• call it a day — verb stop doing what one is doing At midnight, the student decided to call it quits and closed his books • Syn: ↑call it quits • Hypernyms: ↑discontinue, ↑stop, ↑cease, ↑give up, ↑quit, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• give up — verb 1. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime (Freq. 9) you ve forfeited your right to name your successor forfeited property • Syn: ↑forfeit, ↑throw overboard, ↑waiv …   Useful english dictionary

• lay off — verb 1. put an end to a state or an activity (Freq. 3) Quit teasing your little brother • Syn: ↑discontinue, ↑stop, ↑cease, ↑give up, ↑quit • Ant: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• quit — verb (quits, quitting; past and past participle quitted or quit) 1》 leave, especially permanently. 2》 informal resign from (a job). 3》 informal, chiefly N. Amer. stop or discontinue. 4》 (quit oneself) archaic behave in a specified way …   English new terms dictionary

• quit — verb 1) she quit work at 12:30 Syn: leave, vacate, exit, depart from, withdraw from; abandon, desert 2) he s decided to quit his job Syn: resign from, leave, give up, hand in one s notice …   Thesaurus of popular words

• retire — verb 1) he has retired Syn: give up work, stop working, stop work; pack it in, call it quits 2) we ve retired him on full pension Syn: force to retire, give someone the golden handshake/parachute 3) Gillian retired to her office …   Thesaurus of popular words

• quit — [[t]kwɪ̱t[/t]] quits, quitting (The form quit is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.) 1) VERB If you quit your job, you choose to leave it. [INFORMAL] [V n] He quit his job as an office boy in Athens... He figured …   English dictionary

• call — 1 verb HAVE/USE A NAME 1 (T) be called sth to have a particular name or title: They have a three year old son called Matthew. | What was that book called? 2 (T) to use a particular name or title when you speak to someone: My name s Alan, but you… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• call — call1 [ kɔl ] verb *** ▸ 1 ask/tell someone to come ▸ 2 shout to someone ▸ 3 telephone someone ▸ 4 describe someone/something ▸ 5 use a name for someone/something ▸ 6 say/announce something loudly ▸ 7 organize something ▸ 8 of animals ▸ 9 say… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English