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# quit

«quit» in Mova's school dictionary: **to stop doing something, especially a habit or activity** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (quit, quits, quit or quitted, quitting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To quit is to stop doing something, especially a habit or activity. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quit/#m1)

2) To leave a job, school, team or place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quit/#m2)

3) To close a computer program or game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quit/#m3)

4) To put down or let go of something you are holding, such as a weapon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quit/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life and computing: "Quit the game before you turn it off." In health: quit smoking. In stories and sport: "Never quit" means do not give up. Phrase: "call it quits" means stop, or agree that nobody owes anything.

### examples

- Never quit when things get hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quit/#x1)
- He quit the football team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quit/#x2)
- Press Escape to quit the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quit/#x3)
- My grandad quit smoking years ago. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quit/#x4)
- She quit her job to travel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quit/#x5)
- Let's call it quits and go home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quit/#x6)
- Do not quit before you finish the puzzle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quit/#x7)
- O quit your sword, unbend your bow [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quit/#x8)

### note

Past form is usually "quit" (also "quitted" in UK): "I quit yesterday." Doubles the t: quitting. Do not confuse with "quiet" (no noise) or "quite" (fairly). Same meaning as "give up" in many uses.

### In the corpora

- [Quitting smoking is one of the best things a person can do for their health; many people need several tries.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/28-smoking-vaping-and-betting/8/)
- ["Pursuing other opportunities" in a company announcement usually means fired or pushed to quit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/21/)
- [Quitting a match to avoid a loss is unfair to the other players.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/398-sore-losers-and-button-mashers/29/)
- [He pressed «quit».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/407-rage-quitting-and-ranked/1/)
- [Rage-quitting feels good for one second and costs much more afterwards.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/407-rage-quitting-and-ranked/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «quit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.