Phrase Hound found 12 phrases and 7 compound words that contain quits. The most common are listed below. Open quits in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 12
- call it quitsTo conclude; to quit or stop an activity, especially after applying oneself to it for a significant period of time.
- calling it quitspresent participle and gerund of call it quits
- double or quitsA bet of the same value as the initial one, resulting in either a doubling of a loss, or it being cancelled.
- called it quitssimple past and past participle of call it quits
- calls it quitsthird-person singular simple present indicative of call it quits: To conclude; to quit or stop an activity, especially after applying oneself to it for a significant period of time.
- force quitsthird-person singular simple present indicative of force quit: (intransitive) To abort an unresponsive computer program, bypassing the usual closure process.
- quiet quitsthird-person singular simple present indicative of quiet quit: To cease overachieving at one's workplace to focus on one's personal life; to do only what is reasonably or contractually required.
- rage quitsthird-person singular simple present indicative of rage quit: The act of quitting an online video game in anger.
- quits the oxygen habitthird-person singular simple present indicative of quit the oxygen habit: To die.
- quits while one is aheadthird-person singular simple present indicative of quit while one is ahead: To stop taking risks before one starts losing.
- hits it and quits itthird-person singular simple present indicative of hit it and quit it: To have a sexual encounter for physical gratification, and part company with the other partner immediately thereafter; to have a quickie one-night stand.
- quits scoresthird-person singular simple present indicative of quit scores: To settle or balance accounts or differences; to make compensation.
Compound words 7
- bananaquitsplural of bananaquit: A nectar-feeding bird, Coereba flaveola, thought to be related to the Darwin's finches and the grassquits.
- grassquitsplural of grassquit: Any of several small tropical birds now placed in the tanager family Thraupidae (but previously in Emberizidae), common in the West Indies and in countries of Central and South America around the Caribbean Sea.
- mesquitsplural of mesquit: Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Prosopis found in America, and used as forage, which have long, beige seed and bean pods which may be dried and ground into a sweet, nutty flour.
- orangequitsplural of orangequit: A monotypic species of tanager (Euneornis campestris) endemic to Jamaica.
- ragequitsplural of ragequit: The act of quitting an online video game in anger.
- ubiquitsplural of ubiquit: An organism found everywhere, or everywhere in a certain range.
- mezquitsplural of mezquit: Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Prosopis found in America, and used as forage, which have long, beige seed and bean pods which may be dried and ground into a sweet, nutty flour.