v.
 (quits, quitting; past and past part. quitted or quit)
    - leave, especially permanently.
 - informal resign from (a job).
 - informal, chiefly N. Amer. stop or discontinue.
 - 
(quit oneself)
 archaic behave in a specified way.
 
adj.
 
(
quit of)
 rid of.
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - quit hold of
 archaic let go of. 
    
   
  Etymology
  ME: from OFr. quiter (v.), quite (adj.), from L. quietus, past part. of quiescere ‘be still’, from quies ‘quiet’.