verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
get out of/quit the rat race
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the story of a couple who quit the rat race
leave/quit your job
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Oh, Rick, you didn’t quit your job, did you?
notice to quit British English (= a warning that you must leave the house or flat where you live by a particular date )
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The new owner gave all the tenants notice to quit.
Quit stalling
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Quit stalling and answer my question!
stop/quit/give up smoking
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I gave up smoking nearly ten years ago.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
never
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We never quit and he never lets us.
■ NOUN
business
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Instead of quitting the music business she should have learned to use it for singing rather than mouthing off at every opportunity.
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And she said Tipper had quit the newspaper business finally but would be on tap, and he was.
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All this raises the question of why the Reagan administration wants to quit the business of satellites in the first place.
call
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If the defendant makes a payment into court, the plaintiff may seize it and call quits .
decision
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Diana's decision to quit Highgrove leaves Charles free to drive the short distance to Middlewick whenever he likes.
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Your decision to quit smoking will make you less susceptible to a number of diseases.
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The death of his wife in 1849 was probably a decisive factor in Hill's decision to quit .
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And Bryan Gould could well survive despite his unsuccessful leadership challenge and decision to quit the shadow cabinet.
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Mr Fujimori was in Tokyo, where he arrived last week, when he told ministers of his decision to quit .
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He has denied the decision to quit is linked to the Hagans case.
game
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Tony Myler returns for Widnes tomorrow - a month after he nearly quit the game .
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Would they quit in this game ?
habit
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Jill quit the habit shortly before Christmas.
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Nearly half of 16-24-year-old smokers questioned in a survey said they were going to quit the habit in the New Year.
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The study has shown that those who quit the habit also avoided most of the risk of death from tobacco.
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The cash will support programs aimed at helping smokers quit the habit .
job
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The twentysomethings of the X generation may be more predisposed to quitting a job and drifting.
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Their husbands say they will quit their jobs later, if the business proves a winner.
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But following the ordeal, he's decided to quit his job .
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The woman quits her job and her lover supports her financially.
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Mr Delors is now likely to come under pressure to quit his Pounds 120,000-a-year job as commission president.
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Obviously, you do not need to quit your job because of these fears.
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She quit her job as manager of the Automoto Insurance Company.
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Neither will have quit jobs , left families or lugged belongings across the country.
notice
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The landlord served an invalid notice to quit which does not affect the situation.
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There Gandhi was served with an official notice to quit Champaran immediately.
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They do not give anyone a notice to quit .
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Tenants who refuse to accept leases are given notice to quit and find themselves on the streets after years of loyal service.
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The tenants have been given a year's notice to quit and they face the loss of their livelihood and homes.
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The plaintiff, a tenant of the defendant, was served with a notice to quit and refused to leave.
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The house was sold very quickly and the new owner immediately gave us all notice to quit .
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Notice to quit Landlords are normally required to give twenty-eight days' written notice to quit.
option
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You should either enter a package or product which has not been created previously or quit the option .
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You should enter the name of a product which has not been registered previously or quit the option .
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You should enter a package name which is not currently approved or quit the option .
post
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Councillor Bob Cairns, Edinburgh's planning convenor, quit his post as Labour group vice-chairman in protest.
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Jim Groff will quit a post in education marketing, and Don Strickland will vacate a job in government sales.
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When the motion was rejected, they quit their posts .
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First, he quit a post on the Texas Railroad Commission to accept an appointment from then-Gov.
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Villagers accused the police of raping the sisters and killing them before quitting the post .
senate
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That gap had not changed since a poll was conducted shortly before Dole announced he was quitting the Senate .
team
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Now Bruce, one of the game's greatest characters, may have to quit Anfield in search of first team football.
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He played extremely well for several weeks, and then, for no apparent reason, quit the team .
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As a boy he had quit many things-the basketball team , the Episcopal youth group and always enjoyed the experience.
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Walk-on Barry Kurnik quit the team after playing in five games.
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Two other players, junior center Steve Walston and freshman forward Silester Rivers, quit the team during the season.
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Barry Kurnik, a walk-on transfer, quit the team .
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Gardner was a football walk-on at Nebraska, but quit the team in order to concentrate on wrestling.
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He quit the team for a week last season and is expected to make $ 1. 98 million.
week
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Hendricks give him a job to help him get out and the boy worked one week and quit .
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The next week he quit again.
■ VERB
decide
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Unhappy with the working environment, she decided to quit the job to pursue her interest in alternative therapy.
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The editor of the school paper and a number of other students decided to quit Rollins as well.
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Both have decided to quit after this series and take their chances in the job market together.
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She had begun the Standing as an Easter observance, and with the paschal season over she had decided to quit .
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It was during that period that I finally decided to quit .
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Stein now decided to quit the fight, though Fisher continued to oppose the amendment.
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But following the ordeal, he's decided to quit his job.
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Suddenly, definitely, he decided to quit , turn back, go home, leave everything until tomorrow.
force
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And she blasted Tory plans to force more schools to quit town hall control.
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With his virtually unlimited bankroll, Forbes could stay in the race long after other candidates are forced to quit .
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The report identified how she was forced to quit her secretarial job and how she suffered a breakdown.
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The student ultimately was forced to quit the university.
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But he was forced to quit college to find work.
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Several days later he was forced to quit .
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He had studied to be a vet but lack of finances had forced him to quit and he became a blacksmith.
help
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It will help adult smokers to quit .
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The cash will support programs aimed at helping smokers quit the habit.
tell
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And tell it to quit talking at me.
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I told him twice to quit it.
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Trailing that problem like a rattling caboose was the need to tell Spider he was quitting .
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Because I like things in pairs, I told him I would quit for two months, for two thousand dollars.
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Anyway they told me to quit drinking for a while.
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It had been repeatedly told to quit it by the Federal Aviation Administration.
threaten
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After receiving the proposals and before responding, Mr Adamec had gone on national television on Wednesday night to threaten to quit .
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Getting out: Redgrave threatens to quit over sponsorship.
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Several generals reportedly threatened to quit if he got the job.
try
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All three started smoking as teens, smoked for decades, and claimed to have tried unsuccessfully to quit .
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As you are trying to quit , you must remember that you are addicted to a drug.
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She had tried to quit several times.
want
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All this raises the question of why the Reagan administration wants to quit the business of satellites in the first place.
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She tells her sister that she wants to quit , right now, tonight.
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Sometimes you want to just walk away from the job, you want to quit .
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Finally he stood up and cooled his granddaughters down, ending the fun before they wanted to quit .
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Everybody wants to quit now and then.
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I wanted to quit my job.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be quits
call it quits
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After 8 years of marriage, they're calling it quits .
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At midnight the band still showed no sign of calling it quits .
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Fortunately, the timeless musical genius knew when to call it quits , though his stunning creations live on.
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He thought it was time to call it quits .
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In the House, 33 members -- 23 Democrats and 10 Republicans -- are also calling it quits .
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It would be easy to call it quits .
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No one is suggesting that Zajedno is about to call it quits .
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Now you've broken it ... well, let's hope they count Miss Tuckey as a pro and call it quits .
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Spring focus: Albert Belle's chronic hip problem could force him to call it quits .
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Still, Elgaen is not ready to call it quits .
double or quits
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Quit fooling around and pay attention.
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Quit that! You're driving me crazy.
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Bill was cold, hungry and tired and he wanted to quit .
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Four or five people have either quit or been fired.
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Harkness quit as director of the Olympic Regional Development Authority soon afterwards.
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I've always regretted quitting piano lessons.
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I've had enough of the way I'm treated here -- I quit !
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I quit taking the pills because they were making me put on weight.
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I knew I'd never be any good at school, so I just quit trying.
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I wish he'd quit bothering me.
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If you've smoked for a long time it can be very difficult to quit .
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She quite her job and went traveling in South America.
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She was having a lot of trouble finding a job, but she refused to quit .
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That kid just never quits moving.
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They should quit complaining and just get on with their job!
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They told me at the hospital to quit drinking for a while.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And she blasted Tory plans to force more schools to quit town hall control.
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Guitarist John Frusciante quit , mid-tour, citing exhaustion.
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I quit cold turkey some 25 years ago, but the specialists simply shrug off this kind of information.
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James faced such intractable problems that after a few months he nearly quit .
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They want United's Directors to quit after United's fifth defeat in six games.
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With the computer business still in the doldrums, Ahmadi quit that to help his wife run the hair accessory business.