Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To stop taking risks before one starts losing.

Examples

15 sentences

  1. You should quit while you're ahead.

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  2. We should quit while we're ahead.

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  3. Why don't we quit while we're ahead?

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  4. Let's quit while we're ahead.

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  5. You should've quit when you were ahead.

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Forms

quits while one is ahead, quitting while one is ahead, quit while one was ahead, quit while one was ahead
Base formquit while one is ahead · to quit while one is ahead
3rd person singularquits while one is ahead
Present participlequitting while one is ahead
Past simplequit while one was ahead
Past participlequit while one was ahead

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyquit while one is ahead
he, she, itquits while one is ahead

Past simpleLesson

all personsquit while one was ahead

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave quit while one was ahead
he, she, ithas quit while one was ahead

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill quit while one is ahead

Synonyms

1 synonyms
get out while the getting's good

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
quirkyC1quitB2quiteA2quitter
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