Смысл: acquits

acquit[əʹkwıt]
v
<Í> 1. 1) оправдывать, выносить оправдательный приговор
to acquit a prisoner - оправдать подсудимого
he was acquitted by the jury - присяжные его оправдали /вынесли ему оправдательный приговор/
2) (of, редк. on) оправдывать в чём-л.
he was acquitted of murder - его признали невиновным в убийстве
he was acquitted on the charge - это обвинение было с него снято
2. часто refl (of, from) освобождать (от обязательства, долга, обещания и т. п.); снимать (ответственность и т. п.)
to acquit oneself of a promise - выполнить обещание
he acquitted himself of suspicion - он снял с себя /отвёл от себя/ подозрение
to acquit oneself of one's duties well [ill] - хорошо [плохо] справляться со своими обязанностями; хорошо [плохо] выполнять свой долг
3. платить (долг); расплачиваться; расквитаться
to acquit evil for evil - платить злом за зло
4. refl держаться, вести себя
to acquit oneself well [ill] - хорошо [плохо] вести себя /держаться/
to acquit oneself like a man - держать себя /вести себя/ как (настоящий) мужчина
he acquitted himself well in battle - он хорошо проявил себя в бою
recruits acquitted themselves like veterans - новобранцы не отставали от опытных бойцов /дрались не хуже ветеранов/

double or quits Идиома

call it quits

stop doing something, quit what you are doing The dust is bothering all of us. I think we should call it quits.

call it quits|call|quits

v. phr., informal 1. To decide to stop what you are doing; quit. When Tom had painted half the garage, he called it quits. 2. To agree that each side in a fight is satisfied; stop fighting because a wrong has been paid back; say things are even. Pete called Tom a bad name, and they fought till Tom gave Pete a bloody nose; then they called it quits. 3. To cultivate a habit no longer. "Yes, I called it quits with cigarettes three years ago."

quits

quits
1.
call it quits
â Informal
1) to stop working, playing, etc.
2) to stop being friendly or intimate; end an association
2.
cry quits
Chiefly Brit. to declare oneself even with another; agree to stop competing

double or quits

A wager, undertaken afterwards a antecedent wager, that stipulates two accessible outcomes: if the champ of the antecedent action wins again, they win alert the bulk won in the antecedent wager; if they lose, they accept nothing. Primarily heard in UK. Come on, one added match, bifold or quits! If you win, you don't accept to pay. I exhausted my brother at billiards for the additional time in our double-or-quits game. Now he owes me 100 quid instead of 50!Learn more: double, quits

ˌdouble or ˈquits

(British English) (American English ˌdouble or ˈnothing) (in gambling) a accident in which, if you lose you will accept to pay alert the bulk of money you owe, or if you win, will not owe annihilation Quits agency that two bodies are now according and do not owe anniversary added anything, abnormally money.Learn more: double, quits

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More Idioms/Phrases

quid pro quo quiet quintuplicate quit quit while one's ahead quite quits R rabbit rabble race rack and ruin, go to rack one's brain rack out