- discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off - put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
Sample sentence:
They quit moving
- leave office, quit, step down, resign - give up or retire from a position; "The Secretary fo the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal"
--2 is one way to leave, depart, pull up stakes
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- depart, take leave, quit - go away or leave
--3 is one way to leave, go forth, go away
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
- foreswear, renounce, quit, relinquish - turn away from; give up; "I am foreswearing women forever"
--4 is one way to abandon, give up
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge - give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun quitter1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
=> Somebody ----s something