quit while one is ahead (English, verb)
expansion: quit while one is ahead (third-person singular simple present quits while one is ahead, present participle quitting while one is ahead, simple past and past participle quit while one was ahead)
Senses:
glosses: To stop taking risks before one starts losing.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: quits while one is ahead
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: quitting while one is ahead
tags: participle
present
form: quit while one was ahead
tags: participle
past
form: quit while one was ahead
tags: past