Reverse Dictionary: QUIT

NOUNS
► PAPER a notice to quit → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUITTANCE the act of quitting or leaving → 1892

PHRASES
► I’M DEEP ENOUGH I quit, pay me → 1954 US sl.

VERBS
► BAG to disregard, abandon, or be done with; to discontinue; to quit → 1968 Amer. sl.
► BAG IT to quit; to cancel; to skip → 1971 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BAG UP to disregard, abandon, or be done with; to quit → 1968 Amer. sl.
► BELEAVE to go away from a person or place; to depart from, to forsake, to quit, to abandon → c1205 obs.
► BUG OUT to drop out; to leave; to quit → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► BUNCH to quit a job; to leave something unfinished; to stop, to cease, to abandon → 1927 Amer. dial.
► BUNG OUT to quit, to give up → 1938 Amer. dial.
► CASH ► CASH IN to quit, to give up → 1896 US sl., orig. gambling usage
► CHECK IT IN to go to bed; to quit → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► CHICKEN OUT to be scared; to be too frightened to act; to back out; to avoid or to withdraw from a plan, task, or endeavour because of fear; to quit → 1934 sl., orig. US
► CHOP to quit; to cease → 1912 US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► CHOP OFF to stop or put a stop to; to quit work → 1897 Amer. sl.
► CHUCK IT IN to quit; to give up → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► COP OUT to quit; to give up without trying → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HANG IT UP to quit → 1960s Amer. sl.
► HANG UP to quit work; to retire; to die → 1845 Amer. dial.
► HANG UP ONE’S BOOTS to quit work; to retire; to die → 1975 Amer. sl.
► HANG UP ONE’S FIDDLE to quit work; to retire; to die → 1830 Amer. dial.
► HANG UP ONE’S HARNESS to quit work; to retire; to die → 1942 Amer. sl.
► HANG UP ONE’S HAT to quit work; to retire; to die → 1942 Amer. sl.
► HANG UP ONE’S RACK to quit work; to retire; to die → 1942 Amer. sl.
► HANG UP ONE’S ROPE to quit work; to retire; to die → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HANG UP ONE’S SADDLE to quit work; to retire; to die → 1968 Amer. dial.
► JUMP SHIP to quit, to renege → 1930s US sl.
► LET to quit, to abandon, to forsake → c1175 obs.
► PULL THE PIN to leave, to quit → 1926 Amer. dial.
► PUNCH OUT to leave; to quit; to abandon → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SNATCH IT to quit work taking the wages due → 1911 Aust. sl.
► SNATCH YOUR TIME to quit work taking the wages due → 1916 Aust. sl.
► TAKE OUT to absent oneself from work or school; to quit a job → 1969 Amer. dial.
► TIE A CAN TO to get rid of or dismiss; to quit or stop → 1899 US sl.
► TIE UP to give up, to desist from; to quit a course of action → 1760 sl.
► WALK to quit a job or commitment → 1999 US sl.
► WHITE-EYE to be overcome by heat or exhaustion while working; to faint from exhaustion; to quit working, to quit on one; to desert, to abandon → 1911 Amer. dial.