quits Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb put an end to a state or an activity
   quit; discontinue; lay off; stop; give up; cease.
   
   • Quit teasing your little brother
2. verb give up or retire from a position
   step down; quit; leave office; resign.
   
   • The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month
   • The chairman resigned over the financial scandal
3. verb go away or leave
   quit; take leave; depart.
   
4. verb turn away from; give up
   relinquish; foreswear; quit; renounce.
   
   • I am foreswearing women forever
5. verb give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
   quit; throw in; drop out; throw in the towel; chuck up the sponge; fall by the wayside; give up; drop by the wayside.
   
   • In the second round, the challenger gave up
6. adjective satellite on equal terms by payment or requital
   
   • we're now quits
   • finally quits with the loan

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