Word Finder - quitting

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To pay (a debt, fine etc.).

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To repay (someone) for (something).

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To repay, pay back (a good deed, injury etc.).

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To conduct or acquit (oneself); to behave (in a specified way).

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To carry through; to go through to the end.

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To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate.

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To release from obligation, accusation, penalty, etc.; to absolve; to acquit.

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To abandon, renounce (a thing).

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To leave (a place).

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To resign from (a job, office, position, etc.).

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After having to work overtime without being paid, I quit my job.

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To stop, give up (an activity) (usually + gerund or verbal noun).

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John is planning to quit smoking.

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To close (an application).

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The deliberate ending of something.

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The ceasing of a habit, especially smoking cigarettes or other addictive behaviors.

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The termination of employment, initiated by the employee.

You're also quitting again tonight, aren't you?

Quitting my job wouldn't change anything.

We would if he'd let me bracket enough times instead of quitting just because he gets tired.

Quitting Rathlin, he had made a short stay in Arran, and before Edward's death had failed to take Ayr and Turnberry, although he defeated Aymer de Valence, earl of Pembroke, at Loudoun Hill in May 1306.

He was, however, far from being appeased himself, and determined at once upon quitting Ghazni.

Soon after quitting the uterus it is joined by a long duct leading from a glandular sac, the spermatheca (Rf).

No doubt Cesare, who contemplated quitting the church, was inspired by jealousy of Gandia's influence with the pope.

The male possesses elaborate copulatory structures of a chitinous nature, and the eggs are fertilized in the female without even quitting the place where they are formed on the wall of the reticular gonocoel.

At the diet of Buda, early in 1444, supplies were voted for the enterprise, and Wladislaus was on the point of quitting his camp at Szeged for the seat of war, when envoys from Sultan Murad arrived with the offer of a ten years' truce on such favourable conditions (they included the relinquishment of Servia, Walachia and Moldavia, and the payment of an indemnity) that Hunyadi persuaded the king to conclude (in July) a peace which gave him more than could reasonably be anticipated from the most successful campaign.

Before quitting this period the name of Aretaeus of Cappadocia must be mentioned.

The Highway Act of 1835 specified as offences for which the driver of a carriage on the public highway might be punished by a fine, in addition to any civil action that might be brought against him - riding upon the cart, or upon any horse drawing it, and not having some other person to guide it, unless there be some person driving it; negligence causing damage to person or goods being conveyed on the highway; quitting his cart, or leaving control of the horses, or leaving the cart so as to be an obstruction on the highway; not having the owner's name painted up; refusing to give the same; and not keeping on the left or near side of the road, when meeting any other carriage or horse.

Meantime, the men quitting work are ascending in a similar way, as there is room on each platform for two men at a time when passing each other.

The work was to begin as early as possible, allowing for the flotilla only quitting Imbros after dark.

On his arrival at Hofuf, Sadlier found that Ibrahim had already left Deraiya, but still hoping to intercept him before quitting Nejd, he followed up the retreating Egyptians through Yemama, and Wushm to Ras in Kasim, where he caught up the main body of Ibrahim's army, though the pasha himself had gone on to Medina.

It now takes a tortuous westerly course, and the scenery on its banks becomes more romantic. Winding down by Neckarsteinach and Neckargemund between lofty wooded heights, it sweeps beneath the Kanigsstuhl (1900 ft.), washes the walls of Heidelberg, and now quitting the valley enters the plain of the Rhine and falls into that river from the right at Mannheim.

Quitting Oxford in the spring of 1832, Gladstone spent six months in Italy, learning the language and studying art.

It flows at first towards the south-east, but on quitting Austria turns towards the north-west, maintaining this direction as far as Frankfort-onOder, beyond which its general course is nearly due north.

After quitting the university he became private secretary to Count Schimmelmann, Danish minister of finance.

In April 1399, some three months after quitting the capital of Mahmud Toghluk, Timur was back in his own capital beyond the Oxus.

Upon quitting his professorship Barrow was only a fellow of Trinity College; but his uncle gave him a small sinecure in Wtles, and Dr Seth Ward, bishop of Salisbury, conferred upon him a prebend in that church.

Herein from four to seven eggs, of a greenishwhite closely freckled, so as to seem suffused with light olive, are laid in March or April, and the young on quitting it accompany their parents for some weeks.

The onerous duties his work at the Mint entailed severely tried his energies, and in quitting a purely scientific career he was subjected to the cares of official life, for which he was not fitted by temperament.

Hastily quitting his quarters in Upper Swabia, Gustavus hastened towards Nuremberg on his way to Saxony, but finding that Wallenstein and Maximilian of Bavaria had united their forces, he abandoned the attempt to reach Saxony, and both armies confronted each other at Nuremberg which furnished Gustavus with a point of support of the first order.

If he hadn't been so sophisticated, it might have been a thought to ponder - but at that point any idea of him quitting his job as a top salesman and moving to Arkansas to become a veterinarian would have been ludicrous.

Around quitting time, Tod Hackett heard a great din on the road outside his office.

Beside, quitting cigarettes is a lot harder than quitting cigarettes is a lot harder than quitting weed.

Order Fresh Start The Fresh Start Complete quitters support program has been devised to support the quitter through the first 12 weeks of quitting.

I feel that smoking is not worth it anymore and I just would n't swop the benefits of quitting.

Nicotine replacement therapy or NRT can double your chances of quitting smoking.

That arousing of the people by their sovereign and his call to them to defend their country--the very incitement which was the chief cause of Russia's triumph in so far as it was produced by the Tsar's personal presence in Moscow--was suggested to the Emperor, and accepted by him, as a pretext for quitting the army.

Will you be quitting smoking, going on a diet or becoming a nicer person?

Beside, quitting cigarettes is a lot harder than quitting weed.

Used properly, NRT has been shown in numerous controlled trials, to double a smokers chances of quitting successfully in the long term.

Order Fresh Start The Fresh Start Complete Quitters Support program has been devised to support the quitter through the first 12 weeks of quitting.

My boss has abased me for the last time; I'm quitting tomorrow!

They should drink plenty of water, which may help with the feelings of tension and restlessness that quitting can bring.

Although many people are adamantly opposed to quitting their job because of a colleague's misconduct, you may want to ask yourself if the added stress is worth sticking around in a place that is making you unhappy.

The lower payments can help in times of financial stress, such as a spouse quitting work to go back to school.

The problem with just cutting back or switching to a low-tar cigarette instead of quitting is people tend to inhale more deeply or take more puffs when they are put on a limit.

Many women wonder about the safety of nicotine replacements during pregnancy, especially since so many people have had success quitting with the help of nicotine gum and patches.

You already know that smoking is bad for you, but now you have the added incentive of quitting for your baby.

Although her absence initially led fans to believe she was quitting the show to become a stay at home mom, Mariska is indeed planning to return after she gives birth.

If you need help quitting, talk to your doctor.

Cutting back on alcohol, quitting smoking, and eating healthier are all good first steps.

Instead of quitting your job with no clear plan, try freelancing for several months to see if you actually enjoy writing enough to make it part of your long-term career plan.

Quitting the worry habit is no easy task.

Losing weight or quitting smoking, in addition to offering numerous other benefits, can cut your life insurance premiums by as much as 50 percent.

While quitting is the best solution to saving your money and your health, using Marlboro cigarette coupons can help with the former until you are ready to quit.

Even small occurrences, such as actors quitting suddenly or taking emergency leave, can change the entire outcome of a story.

In the season two premiere episode, Jane faces disbarment after quitting her job.