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 ...

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 …

When I quit smoking after twenty years of nicotine slavery, I told everyone that: I quit smoking at age 32. I went cold turkey on July 15, 1975. Another common phrase is to kick the habit, but …

7 Is there a significant difference between the three expressions, or can they be used interchangeably? I'm trying to say that a colleague of mine succeeded to another after the …

I'd use present perfect: I have made up my mind about quitting smoking => I've made up my mind about quitting smoking (this suggests that you've struggled a bit with the idea) or I've resolved …

Oct 6, 2015 · 3 Was it ethical for Bernie, the manager, to quit without informing his supervisees? supervisee: one who is supervised, who works under a supervisor (yourdictionary.com) It …

Jul 6, 2021 · An ass that just won't quit is callipygian, not equine. I have Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American slang open to won't quit: outstanding; great; truly beautiful. It's hard to …

I have heard a couple of times recently the phrase "don't piss on my boots and tell me it's raining", usually in the context of a heated argument so I've hesitated to ask speaker what exactly he me...

Aug 7, 2018 · I am looking for a single word that you would use when someone has left a company. This can be because the person quit, they are fired, retired,... I was thinking about …

Wiktionary says this of "screw the pooch": The term was first documented in the early "Mercury" days of the US space program. It came there from a Yale graduate named John Rawlings who …