- quits⇄expr. be quits with, to get even with; have revenge on.
Ex. A good chase and the old man felt he was quits with the boys who broke his window. - quits⇄expr. call it quits, to break off an attempt to do something; stop for a time or permanently.
Ex. Since we could not manage to set up camp in the rain, we finally, called it quits and hiked home. Disarmament negotiators in London called it quits fo - quits⇄expr. cry quits, to admit that things are now even.
Ex. I should have fired at you, so we may cry quits on that score (Frederick Marryat). - quits⇄quits, adjective.
on even terms by having given or paid back something.
Ex. After he had repaid the dime he had borrowed from his brother, the boys were quits. Simply knock him off his horse, and then you will be quits (William H. Hudson).