|
- Is it quit or quitted? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What is the correct (grammatical) simple past and past participle form of the verb quit? Is it quit or quitted? She quitted her job (She has quitted her job ) She quit her job (She has quit her
- What is the basic difference between Quit and Give up?
"Quit" also has related meanings: to free (oneself) of to discharge (a debt or obligation); repay to stop having, using, or doing (something); give up to leave; depart from to stop, discontinue, or resign from So giving up smoking and quitting smoking are very close in meaning, but as you can see there are other uses of these words that are not
- Did Victorians say “We are quit”? - English Language Usage Stack . . .
Is “We are quit” (meaning “We’re even, no more mutual obligations”) a usage from the 18–19th centuries? Or are the examples of this on Google hits just people making it up (possibly a bad cognate
- Is there a single word for someone who left the company that does not . . .
In a new policy from my company (non-native English, but English is the corporate language), they use the word quot;defector quot; to refer to a person who has tendered their resignation I think
- phrases - Idioms similar to dig your own grave - English Language . . .
'Quit while you're ahead, you cheap skates!'" Within fifty years, however, people had begun occasionally using a variation on this expression that comes much closer to the sense that the posted question requires: quit while [one is] behind, meaning to stop making things worse by continuing to pursue a losing or failing course of action
- The origin of “go cold turkey” - English Language Usage Stack . . .
You can use other verbs with the phrase Go is the most common, but you can also quit cold turkey, or kick something cold turkey There may be others As to the phrase's origin, Etymonline favors the "quick preparation" theory and indicates there was a period of time where it was not associated with kicking a bad habit It also curiously Cf 's cold shoulder: cold turkey "without preparation
- What do you call a person who keeps on going despite setbacks? (in one . . .
The song from the musical really sums it all up: someone who refuses to quit despite all hardship, someone who like the Eveready Energizer rabbit just keeps going and going and going and going The Impossible Dream (The Quest) To dream the impossible dream, To fight the unbeatable foe, To bear with unbearable sorrow, To run where the brave dare
- Whats the meaning of bitching? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
What's the meaning of "bitching" in the following sentence taken from references in 'tfd com'? December: I quit bitching with grateful thanks for all the good times, things and friends God has pr
|
|
|