quits

quits
predicative adjective

be quits [with somebody] — [mit jemandem] quitt sein (ugs.)

call it quits — [Einzelperson:] zustimmen od. Ruhe geben; [mehrere Personen:] sich vertragen

let's call it quits! — wollen wir die Sache auf sich beruhen lassen!; (nothing owed) sagen wir, wir sind quitt; see also academic.ru/21902/double">double 3. 3)

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quits
[kwɪtz]
adj pred, inv quitt fam; (fam)
to be \quits [with sb] [mit jdm] quitt sein fam
to call it \quits es gut sein lassen
let's just call it \quits lassen wir es dabei bewenden
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[kwɪts]
adj
quitt

to be quits with sb — mit jdm quitt sein

See:
double
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quits [kwıts] adj umg quitt:
be (get) quits with sb mit jemandem quitt sein (werden) (a. fig);
let’s call it quits
a) lassen wirs gut sein,
b) sagen wir, wir sind quitt; double B 2
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predicative adjective

be quits [with somebody] — [mit jemandem] quitt sein (ugs.)

call it quits — [Einzelperson:] zustimmen od. Ruhe geben; [mehrere Personen:] sich vertragen

let's call it quits! — wollen wir die Sache auf sich beruhen lassen!; (nothing owed) sagen wir, wir sind quitt; see also double 3. 3)

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adv.
verlässt adv.

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