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[ kwits ] / kwɪts /
adjectiveon equal terms by repayment or retaliation. Idioms for quitscall it quits, - to end one's activity, especially temporarily: At 10 o'clock I decided to call it quits for the day.
- to abandon an effort.
cry quits, to agree to end competition and consider both sides equal: It became too dark to continue play and they decided to cry quits.
Origin of quits1470–80; perhaps <Medieval Latin quittusquit1 Words nearby quitsquite, quite a bit, Quito, qui transtulit sustinet, quitrent, quits, quittance, quitted trick, quitter, quittor, quit while one's ahead Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for quitsFollowing the release of Nine Types of Light, TV on the Radio thought long and hard about calling it quits. Revenge of the Rock Nerds: TV on the Radio’s Long Road to ‘Seeds’|Marlow Stern|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST I finish a decent game, type my initials, and decide to call it quits. ‘Asteroids’ & The Dawn of the Gamer Age|David Owen|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Rogozin also announced that Russia will call it quits with the International Space Station in 2020. Why Does the USA Depend on Russian Rockets to Get Us Into Space?|P. J. O’Rourke|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Eventually Megan quits her job to pursue acting, and this physical rift mirrors a widening emotional gap between the couple. Every Woman Don Draper’s Hooked Up With on ‘Mad Men’|Amy Zimmerman|April 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So she quits, and takes shelter in the northern Scotland woods, hoping to be left alone. Scarlett Johansson is an Alien Seductress in ‘Under the Skin’|Jimmy So|April 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Not a breath of scandal touches her from the moment that she quits the scandalous environment of the Papal Court. The Life of Cesare Borgia|Raphael Sabatini We are quits now, she had said, and she had repeated the words over and over again to herself as she walked up and down her room. The Claverings|Anthony Trollope Well, I wouldn't be hard on you, an' we'd call it quits by the middle of November. Jack the Hunchback|James Otis "You shot a sarcasm at me," thought he, "and there's another in return; we are quits, madame." The Vicar of Tours|Honore de Balzac "Then if you'll come over after school this afternoon and take care of my lawn, we'll call it quits," said Mr. Bullfinch. Jerry's Charge Account|Hazel Hutchins Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for quits
adjective (postpositive)on an equal footing; evennow we are quits call it quits to agree to end a dispute, contest, etc, agreeing that honours are even interjectionan exclamation indicating willingness to give up Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to quitsrelinquish, surrender, depart, pull out, renounce, retire, go, withdraw, vacate, drop, drop out, give up, suspend, halt, conclude, discontinue, terminate, leave, cease, abandon |