Chuck it in is informal British and Australian slang meaning to quit something — most often a job, project, or relationship that has become more trouble than it is worth. The phrase has a decisive, no-nonsense energy: you are not gracefully stepping down, you are tossing the whole thing aside. It often appears at moments of peak frustration, when someone has finally hit their limit and decided that walking away beats grinding on.
After three years of broken promises from management, she finally decided to chuck it in and go freelance.
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(slang) To quit (something, especially a job).
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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