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Definition of Quit
Quit

Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See Banana quit, under Banana, and Guitguit.

Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted.

of Quit

To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.

To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, or the like; to absolve; to acquit.

To discharge, as an obligation or duty; to meet and satisfy, as a claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to requite; to repay.

To meet the claims upon, or expectations entertained of; to conduct; to acquit; -- used reflexively.

To carry through; to go through to the end.

To have done with; to cease from; to stop; hence, to depart from; to leave; to forsake; as, to quit work; to quit the place; to quit jesting.

To away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease.

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Quit Quotations

Suicide is man's way of telling God, "You can't fire me - I quit."
Bill Maher

Winners never quit and quitters never win.
Vince Lombardi

I hated every minute of training, but I said, ''Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.''
Muhammad Ali

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
Lance Armstrong

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn fool about it.
W. C. Fields

Quit Translations

quit in Dutch is uittreden, aftreden, bedanken
quit in German is verlassen, verlassen, Quit
quit in Latin is defungo
quit in Norwegian is slutte
quit in Portuguese is parado
quit in Swedish is sluta

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