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quits definition

quits (kwits)

adjective

on even terms, as by discharge of a debt, retaliation in vengeance, etc.

Etymology: ME, prob. contr. < ML quittus, var. of quietus: see quietus

quits Idioms

call it quits

☆ Informal
  1. to stop working, playing, etc.
  2. to stop being friendly or intimate; end an association

cry quits

Chiefly Brit. to declare oneself even with another; agree to stop competing

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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