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unquitting

unquitting is the present participle and gerund of unquit.

Meaning of unquit

Verb

unquit (third-person singular simple present unquits, present participle unquitting, simple past and past participle unquit)

  1. (informal) To undo the effects of quitting; to start again.
    • In my effort to conceive, I've tried acupressure, chiropractic, Reiki, quitting wheat, quitting dairy, quitting sugar, quitting meat, unquitting meat, eating lots of ice cream, expensive supplements, charting ovulation, Chinese herbs, yoga, breathing, meditation, hypnosis, ayurveda, muscle testing...2015 April 6, Jillian Lauren, “How Do You Know When It's Time to Stop Trying?”, in Elle, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2017

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Questions about unquitting

What is unquitting the present participle and gerund of?
Unquitting is the present participle and gerund of unquit.

Words near unquitting in the dictionary

  1. unquirky
  2. unquit
  3. unquits
  4. unquittable
  5. unquitted
  6. unquitting
  7. unquivered
  8. unquivering
  9. unquiveringly
  10. unquixotic
  11. unquizzed

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