quit

v

1. stop, discontinue, desist, Archaic. surcease, end; leave off, break off, pause, intermit, suspend, rest; abate, lessen, lull, quiet down, let up, come to a halt or standstill; (of machinery) Si. conk out; (all usu. of work) Inf. call it a day, Inf. call it quits, Inf. shut up shop, Sl. knock off, Brit. pack it in.

2. depart from, leave, go away from, get away from; take off, flee, fly the coop, Inf. skip, take French leave, Sl. cut out, Sl. vamoose; evacuate, vacate, decamp, emigrate. See also leave(defs. 1, 2).

3. abandon, relinquish, abnegate, let go, surrender, concede, yield, submit, Sl. throw in the towel or sponge; resign, abdicate, give up.

4. repudiate, abjure, reject, disown, renounce; renege, forswear, disavow, disclaim, recant; bail out, bow out, pull out of, Inf. back out of, back-pedal, Inf. back away from, back off on, Inf. cop out, Sl. chicken out; apostatize, defect.

5. discard, get rid of, toss off or aside, drop, Inf. ditch, Inf. chuck.