Dictionary entry details
• QUIT (verb)
Meaning:
Put an end to a state or an activity
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
quit; lay off; discontinue; cease; stop; give up
Context example:
Quit teasing your little brother
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "quit"):
call it a day; call it quits (stop doing what one is doing)
cheese (used in the imperative (get away, or stop it))
close off; shut off (stem the flow of)
pull the plug (prevent from happening or continuing)
retire; withdraw (withdraw from active participation)
sign off (cease broadcasting; get off the air; as of radio stations)
leave off (stop using)
drop; knock off (stop pursuing or acting)
break (give up)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Sentence example:
They quit moving
Meaning:
Give up or retire from a position
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
leave office; step down; quit; resign
Context examples:
The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month / The chairman resigned over the financial scandal
Hypernyms (to "quit" is one way to...):
depart; leave; pull up stakes (remove oneself from an association with or participation in)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "quit"):
fall (lose office or power)
top out (give up one's career just as one becomes very successful)
retire (go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position)
give up; renounce; resign; vacate (leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Go away or leave
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
take leave; quit; depart
Hypernyms (to "quit" is one way to...):
go away; go forth; leave (go away from a place)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "quit"):
walk out of (leave, usually as an expression of disapproval)
congee (depart after obtaining formal permission)
beat a retreat (depart hastily)
plump out (depart suddenly)
break camp; decamp (leave a camp)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Turn away from; give up
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
foreswear; renounce; relinquish; quit
Context example:
I am foreswearing women forever
Hypernyms (to "quit" is one way to...):
abandon; give up (give up with the intent of never claiming again)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "quit"):
disclaim (renounce a legal claim or title to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
chuck up the sponge; drop by the wayside; drop out; fall by the wayside; throw in the towel; throw in; give up; quit
Context example:
In the second round, the challenger gave up
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
