quit

Universal Words verb (quitting, quit, quit) (BrE also quitting, quitted, quitted) 1 ~ (as sth) (informal) to leave your job, school, etc: [V] If I don't get more money I'll quit. * He has decided to quit as manager of the team. * [VN] He quit the show last year because of bad health. 2 (informal, especially AmE) to stop doing sth: [VN-ing] I've quit smoking. * [VN] Just quit it! * [V] We only just started. We're not going to quit now. 3 to leave the place where you live: [VN] We decided it was time to quit the city. * [V] The landlord gave them all notice to quit.