Quit and Stay

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Quit

Quit verb - To give up (a job or office).
Usage example: he decided to quit his job at the fast-food restaurant
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Antonyms for Quit
Stay is an antonym for quit in topics: abandon, stop doing something.
Nearby Words: quitting, quitter, quits, quitted

Stay

Stay verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.
Usage example: let's stay inside this pavilion until it stops raining
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Antonyms for Stay
Quit is an antonym for stay in remain topic.
Nearby Words: stayed, staying
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Common collocations

job quit job stay job
position quit position stay position
group quit group stay group
team quit team stay team
Other words: series, army, time, way, level, money, game, music, times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Stay in the Kitchen: Poor XZ got this from tons of people, leading to her decision to quit the college.
    Source: Webcomic / Nature of Nature's Art
  • In the first season Adele quit the show, claiming that she couldn't stay due to a family emergency.
    Source: Non-Gameplay Elimination
  • But, Naruto not only refuses to quit but inspires everyone who was thinking about it to stay as well.
    Source: Too Dumb to Fool
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