rid of:I want to be quit of him
1 [with object] leave (a place), usually permanently:hippies finally quit two sites in Hampshire last night [no object] (of a tenant) leave rented accommodation:the landlord issued a notice to quit informal resign from (a job):she quit her job in a pizza restaurant [no object]:he quit as manager of the struggling Third Division team informal, chiefly
North American stop or discontinue (an action or activity):quit moaning! I want to quit smoking
2 (
quit oneself)
[with adverbial] archaic behave in a specified way:quit yourselves like men, and fight