Bag
Bag verb - To give up (a job or office).
Usage example: if the supervisor says one more nasty thing to me, I'm going to bag this stupid job
Quit
Quit verb - To give up (a job or office).
Usage example: he decided to quit his job at the fast-food restaurant
Common collocations
| group | bag group | quit group |
Both words in one sentence
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In the Garfield and Friends episode "Sound Judgment", Garfield tries to do this to Nermal who is asleep in his bed, but once he gets the paper bag blown up and pops it, there is no sound, because the sound effects editor had apparently quit.
Source: Paper Bag Popping -
He quit the night after Royal Rumble 2014, and Vince was left holding the bag.
Source: Wrestling / John Cena -
If you even DARE insult him or call him on something, run he has been known to react VERY strongly to criticism, sensitive issues in his life among other incidents, once Howard looked in his bag and Fred nearly quit the show after an ugly outburst.
Source: The Quiet One
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