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  • 11Quit — (kw[i^]t), a. [OE. quite, OF. quite, F. quitte. See {Quit}, v., {Quiet}.] Released from obligation, charge, penalty, etc.; free; clear; absolved; acquitted. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The owner of the ox shall be quit. Ex. xxi. 28. [1913 Webster]… …

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  • 12quit — ► VERB (quitting; past and past part. quitted or quit) 1) leave, especially permanently. 2) resign from (a job). 3) informal, chiefly N. Amer. stop or discontinue. 4) (quit oneself) archaic behave in a specified way …

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  • 13Quit — (kw[i^]t), n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small passerine birds native of tropical America. See {Banana quit}, under {Banana}, and {Guitguit}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 14quit — [v1] abandon, leave abdicate, blow*, book*, bow out, check out, cut out*, decamp, depart, desert, drop, drop out, evacuate, exit, forsake, get off, give up, go, go away from, hang it up*, leave flat*, leave hanging*, pull out, push off*,… …

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  • 15quit — [kwit] vt. QUIT or sometimes quitted, quitting, quit [ME quiten < OFr quiter < ML quittus, quietus, free: see QUIET] 1. to free (oneself) of 2. to discharge (a debt or obligation); repay 3. to stop having, using, or doing (something); give… …

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  • 16Quit — Quit, v. i. To go away; to depart; to stop doing a thing; to cease. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 17quit — To leave or remove from. Commonly used in the context of leases when a tenant is served with a notice to quit or pay rent. United Glossary of Bankruptcy Terms 2012 …

    Glossary of Bankruptcy

  • 18quit claim — A deed releasing interest in real property. Sometimes, when a Trustee has real property vested in him pursuant to the bankruptcy and there is no equity in that property, he may quit claim it to the mortgage holder, thereby saving the mortgage… …

    Glossary of Bankruptcy

  • 19quit while you're ahead — quit before you begin to lose, don t push your luck    If he lets you have the car, don t ask for his credit card. Quit while you re ahead …

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  • 20quit — has the past tense and past participle quitted or (especially in AmE) quit …

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