DESIST
INTERJECTIONS
► TAH! used as a command to desist → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
VERBS
► ABSIST to withdraw; to desist → 1614 obs.
► BLIN to cease, to desist, to stop; to cause to stop → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CHEESE IT to desist → 1999 (Bk.)
► CHUCK IT to stop, to desist → 1999 (Bk.)
► CRY CRACK to give up; to desist → 1888
► DEVALL to halt, to stop, to desist, to cease → 1823 Sc., N. Ireland, & Eng. dial.
► GIVE IT A PULL to desist, to discontinue → 20C Aust. sl.
► LEAN to cease, to desist, to pause → 1725 Sc. obs.
► LET 1. to desist, to forbear → c1200 obs.
2. to check or withhold oneself; to desist, to refrain → c1374 obs.
► NARK to cease, to desist, to stop → 1889 sl.
► PACK THE GAME IN to desist, esp. abandon a way of life → 20C sl.
► PACK UP to desist; to give up → c1945 cyclist’s usage
► PITCH IT to desist; to leave one’s job; to cease doing something → L19 tailors’ sl.
► QUAT to cease work; to desist from, to stop → 1790 Sc.
► QUIT to cease, to give up, to desist→ 1827 Sc.
► SALIST to desist, to hold → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► SIST to cease, to desist, to stop → a1676 obs.
► TAKE A PULL to desist, to discontinue → 20C Aust. sl.
► TIE UP to give up, to desist from; to quit a course of action → 1760 sl.
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