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quiet-quit

quiet-quit is the alternative form of quiet quit.

Meaning of quiet quit

Verb

quiet quit (third-person singular simple present quiet quits, present participle quiet quitting, simple past and past participle quiet quit or quiet quitted)

  1. (ambitransitive, error-lua-exec, idiomatic) To cease overachieving at one's workplace to focus on one's personal life; to do only what is reasonably or contractually required.
    • Near-synonym: work to rule
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quiet, quit.

Forms of quiet-quit

third-person singular presentquiet-quits
present participlequiet-quitting
past participlequiet-quit
pastquiet-quit
past participlequiet-quitted
pastquiet-quitted

Questions about quiet-quit

What is quiet-quit the alternative form of?
Quiet-quit is the alternative form of quiet quit.

Words near quiet-quit in the dictionary

  1. quiet room
  2. quiet rooms
  3. quiet storm
  4. quiet zone
  5. quiet zones
  6. quiet-quit
  7. quiet-quits
  8. quiet-quitted
  9. quiet-quitting
  10. quietage
  11. quietcation

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