ita: smettere

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Meaning
means(verb) bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
end, terminate
means(verb) finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.); "The meeting was closed with a charge by the chairman of the board"
close
means(verb) result or end; "How will the game turn out?"
come out, turn out
means(verb) come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"
complete, finish
means(verb) cause to finish a relationship with somebody; "That finished me with Mary"
finish
means(verb) bring to a close; "The committee concluded the meeting"
conclude
means(verb) give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
throw in, fall by the wayside, chuck up the sponge, quit, drop by the wayside, give up, drop out, throw in the towel
means(verb) come to a close; "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"
close, conclude
means(verb) prevent completion; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations"
break, stop, break off, discontinue
means(verb) put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
discontinue, give up, stop, quit, cease, lay off
means(verb) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
terminate, finish, cease, end, stop
means(verb) remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"
depart, leave, pull up stakes
means(verb) stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!"
drop, knock off

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