Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quit while one is ahead

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables: quit while one is a-head
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

2

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To stop taking risks before one starts losing.

Example Sentences

"Getting up on hot, rainy nights, trudging outside, and sitting on a steaming wet toilet seat, being tickled by the cockroaches that congregated just below the lid. Ten days at Gombe feels just right, thank you. I'm ready to quit while I'm ahead."
"Because I don’t get involved with he said, she said So take my advice and quit while you’re ahead Because one day I might not laugh"

Inflected Forms

quits while one is ahead (present, singular) quitting while one is ahead (participle, present) quit while one was ahead (participle, past) quit while one was ahead (past)

Synonyms

get out while the getting's good

Questions

What does quit while one is ahead mean?: To stop taking risks before one starts losing.

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