quitting (verb)
1quit — [c]/kwɪt / (say kwit) verb (quit or quitted, quitting) –verb (t) 1. to stop, cease, or discontinue. 2. to depart from; leave. 3. to give up; let go; relinquish. 4. to let go one s hold of (something grasped). 5. Obsolete to acquit (oneself).… …
2screw up — verb 1. make more intense (Freq. 1) Emotions were screwed up • Syn: ↑heat up, ↑hot up • Hypernyms: ↑intensify, ↑compound, ↑heighten, ↑ …
3linger — verb (lingered; lingering) Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) lengeren to dwell, frequentative of lengen to prolong, from Old English lengan; akin to Old English lang long Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. to be slow in parting or …
4come close — verb 1. nearly do something (Freq. 3) She came close to quitting her job • Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑move • Verb Frames: Somebody s to INFINITIVE 2. be close or similar (Freq …
5talk out of — verb persuade someone not to do something • Ant: ↑talk into • Hypernyms: ↑dissuade, ↑deter • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody into V ing something * * * talk out of [phrasal verb] 1 …
6quit — verb ADVERB ▪ altogether ▪ I thought about working part time, or quitting altogether. ▪ abruptly, suddenly VERB + QUIT ▪ try to …
7fall off the wagon — verb To cease or fail at a regimen of self improvement or reform; to lapse back into an old habit or addiction. Though he fell off the wagon several times, he eventually succeeded in quitting …
8quit — verb (quits, quitting; past and past participle quitted or quit) 1》 leave, especially permanently. 2》 informal resign from (a job). 3》 informal, chiefly N. Amer. stop or discontinue. 4》 (quit oneself) archaic behave in a specified way …
9quit — verb past tense and past participle quit also quitted BrE present participle quitting 1 (I, T) informal, especially AmE to leave a job, school etc, especially because you are annoyed or unhappy: I m tired of being treated like this. I quit. | Her …
10dissuade — verb his colleagues did nothing to dissuade him from quitting Syn: discourage from, deter from, prevent from, divert from, stop from; talk out of, persuade against, advise against, argue out of Ant: encourage …