chuck it up
To chuck it up means to quit a job, usually on impulse or out of frustration rather than careful planning.
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To chuck it up means to quit a job, usually on impulse or out of frustration rather than careful planning. It's the kind of phrase you use when you've reached your breaking point and decide to walk out the door, metaphorically tossing your position up in the air and not caring where it lands. The expression has a casual, fed-up British energy — the verbal equivalent of slamming a resignation letter on your manager's desk.
After the third micromanaging email before 8 a.m., she decided she was just going to chuck it up and find something better.
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(slang) To quit a job.
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