quiet quit

verb

Etymology

Back-formation from quiet quitting.

Definitions

  1. To cease overachieving at one's workplace to focus on one's personal life

    To cease overachieving at one's workplace to focus on one's personal life; to do only what is reasonably or contractually required.

    • Near-synonym: work to rule
    • He said that he is going to quiet quit his job because he wants to focus on his family.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quiet, quit.

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