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quit v. [
discontinue, stop, cease, give up, lay off] put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
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quit v. [
leave office, step down, resign] give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
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quit v. [
depart, take leave] go away or leave
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quit v. [
foreswear, renounce, relinquish] turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
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quit v. [
drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, chuck up the sponge] give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
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