quit
Base form
quit
/kwɪt/
Past simple
quit / quitted
/kwɪt/ /ˈkwɪtɪd/
Past participle
quit / quitted
/kwɪt/ /ˈkwɪtɪd/
MeaningB1
to leave a job or school; to stop doing something
to quit while you’re ahead
In use
- Negative · Form 1Don’t quit now — you’re nearly at the finish!
- After a modal verb · Form 1You should quit smoking for your health.
- Past simple · Form 2Last year my sister quit her job and travelled round Asia.
- Past simple · Form 2Yesterday Ben quit the team after a row with the coach.
- Present perfect · Form 3I’ve quit sugar, and I feel much better.
- Past perfect · Form 3By 2015 he had quit his band and opened a café.
Watch out
Quit usually stays the same: she quit her job. Quitted is also right, but rarer. Quited and quitten are wrong.
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