Quit and Start

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Quit

Quit verb - To stop doing (something) permanently.
Usage example: her doctor told her it was high time she quit smoking
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Start is an antonym for quit in stop doing something topic.
Nearby Words: quitting, quitter, quits, quitted

Start

Start verb - To come into existence.
Usage example: the fight started when one child tripped the other
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Quit is an antonym for start in set about topic.
Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup
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Common collocations

life quit life start life
business quit business start business
work quit work start work
project quit project start project
Other words: job, group, race, training, company, career, band, club, series, show, time, way, level, school, game, battle, quest, war, dancing, games.

Both words in one sentence

  • Videogame / Factorio Unwinnable by Mistake: Before version 0.13 without mods, there was no way to cross water even though it's possible to spawn an island, forcing you to quit and start a new game.
    Source: Videogame / Factorio
  • However, his actions as leader annoy the members so much that they all quit and start the Ancient Mystic Society of No Homers.
    Source: The Chosen One
  • Rythian provides examples of: Aborted Arc: His run of Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands was abandoned after four episodes, because the playthrough made him so nostalgic for the original Sands trilogy that he decided to quit and start an LP of Sands of Time instead.
    Source: Lets Play / Rythian
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