Cause and Quit

Cause

Cause verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Quit and cause are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Quit" instead a verb "Cause".

Nearby Words: caused, causation, causeless, causative, causal

Quit verb - To give up (a job or office).

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Cause and quit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cause" instead a verb "Quit".

Nearby Words: quitting, quitter, quits, quitted

Furious: Someone must have ripped the "Q" section out of my dictionary, 'cause I don't know the meaning of the word "quit"!

Source: Film / Mystery Men
She says they did try, but all of them quit, then casually mentions that pulling her gun on them, which was all she knew how to do, was probably the cause of it.

Source: Light Novel / Amagi Brilliant Park
Si has this moment in "Si-Yonara", where one too many insults and his tea cup getting temporarily lost cause him to quit from Duck Commander in the middle of a work day.

Source: Series / Duck Dynasty

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