quit

To stop doing an activity or give up a habit.

• I want to quit smoking.
• She quit playing tennis last year.
• Are you going to quit now?

How to use it: quit doing something (He quit drinking coffee at night.)

Similar words: stop, give up

Opposites: continue

Common phrases: quit smoking, quit doing something, quit the game

To choose to leave your job or position.

• He quit his job yesterday.
• She plans to quit at the end of May.
• Why did three employees quit last week?

Similar words: resign, leave

Common phrases: quit your job, quit work, quit a position

To leave a place, especially permanently.

• They quit the city before dawn.
• The army quit the occupied territory.
• He had already quit the country when the letter arrived.

Similar words: leave, depart from

Opposites: enter

Common phrases: quit the country, quit the city, quit the premises