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quit when one is ahead

quit when one is ahead is the alternative form of quit while one is ahead.

Meaning of quit while one is ahead

Verb

quit while one is ahead (third-person singular simple present quits while one is ahead, present participle quitting while one is ahead, simple past and past participle quit while one was ahead)

  1. (idiomatic) To stop taking risks before one starts losing.
    • Getting up on hot, rainy nights, trudging outside, and sitting on a steaming wet toilet seat, being tickled by the cockroaches that congregated just below the lid. Ten days at Gombe feels just right, thank you. I'm ready to quit while I'm ahead.2012, Craig Packer, Into Africa

Forms of quit when one is ahead

third-person singular presentquits while one is ahead
present participlequitting while one is ahead
past participlequit while one was ahead
pastquit while one was ahead

Questions about quit when one is ahead

What is quit when one is ahead the alternative form of?
Quit when one is ahead is the alternative form of quit while one is ahead.

Words near quit when one is ahead in the dictionary

  1. quit lit
  2. quit rent
  3. quit rents
  4. quit scores
  5. quit the oxygen habit
  6. quit when one is ahead
  7. quit while one is ahead
  8. quit while one was ahead
  9. quit-rent
  10. quit-renter
  11. quit-renters

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