quit for the day

[ostap77]

If I was at a party and didn't feel like drinking anymore, could I say "I think I'm going to quit for the day."?

 

[billmcd]

If I was at a party and didn't feel like drinking anymore, could I say "I think I'm going to quit for the day."?

Sure.

 

[ostap77]

Sure.

Can I use it when something stops working?

"I need to get my car serviced. I wnat to make sure it doesn't quit a few miles down the road."

 

[emsr2d2]

Can I use it when something stops working?

"I need to get my car serviced. I wnat to make sure it doesn't quit a few miles down the road."

In BrE, no, but I have a feeling it's probably OK in AmE. I'm sure someone will confirm or deny.

 

[ostap77]

In BrE, no, but I have a feeling it's probably OK in AmE. I'm sure someone will confirm or deny.

Could I as well use it to mean "leave a place where I live" "We have to quit the hotel before 12 a.m.?

 

[billmcd]

Could I as well use it to mean "leave a place where I live" "We have to quit the hotel before 12 a.m.?

"Quit" for stops working or for ending an activity is OK, but don't strech its use too far as in your "quit the hotel" which you mean "to exit".

 

[BobK]

In (informal) British Eng a car 'conks out'. Sometimes, to emphasize the impact on the driver, you may hear something like 'That useless car of yours only went and conked out on me just around the corner.'

b

PS if it conks out in a spectacular manner (lots of steam/smoke/noise) it can also be said to have 'blown up'. ''Blow' is often used of a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasket .

 

[ostap77]

In (informal) British Eng a car 'conks out'. Sometimes, to emphasize the impact on the driver, you may hear something like 'That useless car of yours only went and conked out on me just around the corner.'

b

PS if it conks out in a spectacular manner (lots of steam/smoke/noise) it can also be said to have 'blown up'. ''Blow' is often used of a Gasket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .

Would "conk out" be typical of BE only?

 

[ostap77]

Yes, this is used in the US. I don't want the car to quit or cease functioning. You could use "quit" to mean to leave or to stop using, though in some cases, it would be rather dated - "I shall quit this place forever."

Could I use to mean "vacate a room" in a hotel?

 

[Barb_D]

Could I use to mean "vacate a room" in a hotel?

Not in modern usage, no.