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quitting time

quitting time noun: the time when a day's work ends, and an employee is permitted to go home.

Noun

quitting time (countable and uncountable, plural quitting times)

  1. The time when a day's work ends, and an employee is permitted to go home.

Antonyms of quitting time

Forms of quitting time

pluralquitting times
alternative formquitting-time

Questions about quitting time

What does quitting time mean?
Quitting time means the time when a day's work ends, and an employee is permitted to go home.
What part of speech is quitting time?
Quitting time is a noun.
What is the plural of quitting time?
The plural of quitting time is quitting times.

Words near quitting time in the dictionary

  1. quitteth
  2. quittin'
  3. quitting
  4. quitting scores
  5. quitting the oxygen habit
  6. quitting time
  7. quitting times
  8. quitting while one is ahead
  9. quitting-time
  10. quitting-times
  11. quittings

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