| VERB | stative | quit, discontinue, stop, cease, give up, lay off | put an end to a state or an activity |
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| social | quit, leave office, step down, resign | give up or retire from a position | |
| motion | quit, depart, take leave | go away or leave | |
| possession | quit, foreswear, renounce, relinquish | turn away from | |
| competition | quit, 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 |
| Sounds | kwih't | |
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| Rhymes | acquit ... writ: 187 rhymes with iht... | |
| Meaning | put an end to a state or an activity. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s VERB-ing | |
| Model | They quit moving | |
| Example | "Quit teasing your little brother" | |
| Synonyms | discontinue, stop, cease, give up, lay off | |
| Narrower | break | Give up |
| call it quits, call it a day | stop doing what one is doing | |
| cheese | Used in the imperative (get away, or stop it) | |
| drop, knock off | stop pursuing or acting | |
| leave off | stop using | |
| pull the plug | prevent from happening or continuing | |
| retire, withdraw | Withdraw from active participation | |
| shut off, close off | stem the flow of | |
| sign off | Cease broadcasting | |
| Opposite | continue, uphold, carry on, bear on, preserve | Keep or maintain in unaltered condition |
| Spanish | acabar, cesar, dejar, descatalogar, descontinuar, discontinuar, parar, terminar | |
| Catalan | aturar, cessar, deixar, descatalogar, discontinuar, finalitzar, parar | |
| Meaning | Give up or retire from a position. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | leave office, step down, resign | |
| Narrower | fall | Lose office or power |
| retire | go into retirement | |
| top out | Give up one's career just as one becomes very successful | |
| vacate, resign, renounce, give up | Leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily | |
| Broader | leave, depart, pull up stakes | Remove oneself from an association with or participation in |
| Opposite | take office | assume an office, duty, or title |
| Spanish | dejar, dimitir, renunciar, resignar | |
| Catalan | dimitir | |
| Meaning | go away or leave. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | depart, take leave | |
| Narrower | beat a retreat | depart hastily |
| congee | depart after obtaining formal permission | |
| decamp, break camp | Leave a camp / camp / camp / camp | |
| plump out | depart suddenly | |
| walk out of | Leave, usually as an expression of disapproval | |
| Broader | leave, go forth, go away | go away from a place |
| Opposite | stay | Remain behind |
| Spanish | escapar, irse, marchar, partir | |
| Meaning | turn away from; give up. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | foreswear, renounce, relinquish | |
| Narrower | disclaim | renounce a legal claim or title to |
| Broader | abandon, give up | Give up with the intent of never / never claiming again |
| Spanish | despedirse, relinquir, renunciar | |
| Meaning | Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, chuck up the sponge | |
| Opposite | enter, participate | Become a participant |
| Spanish | abandonar, arrojar la toalla, dejar, desistir, rendirse, retirarse, tirar la toalla | |
| Catalan | abandonar, deixar, desistir, llençar la tovallola, rendir-se, retirar-se | |
| Nouns | quitter | a person who gives up too easily |
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