Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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verb
To quit, to stop engaging in a line of work or type of activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Originally cowboy slang, implying that if one hangs up one's spurs, one no longer is using the tools of the trade.
