When somebody gives up smoking: “He isn’t smoking any more—a month ago he ________.”
| QUIT | 736 |
| GAVE IT UP | 111 |
| KICKED THE HABIT | 67 |
| SWORE OFF | 64 |
| STOPPED | 38 |
| GIVE IT UP | 25 |
| GAVE UP | 15 |
| QUIT SMOKING | 15 |
| BROKE THE HABIT | 14 |
| LAID OFF | 10 |
| CUT IT OUT | 8 |
| STOPPED SMOKING | 8 |
| QUIT THE HABIT | 6 |
| KICKED IT | 5 |
| QUIT IT | 3 |
| TOOK THE CURE | 3 |
| ABSTAINED | 2 |
| CUT THE HABIT | 2 |
| DECIDED TO QUIT | 2 |
| DROPPED IT | 2 |
| GAVE UP SMOKING | 2 |
| GIVE UP | 2 |
| GIVE UP THE HABIT | 2 |
| REFORMED | 2 |
| STOP | 2 |
| TAPERED OFF | 2 |
| THROWED IT DOWN | 2 |
| TOOK THE VEIL | 2 |
| ABSTAINED FROM IT | 1 |
| BECAME PART OF THE UNHOOKED GENERATION | 1 |
| BECOME A PURITAN | 1 |
| BROKE IT OFF | 1 |
| BROKE OFF | 1 |
| CLEARED HIS LUNGS | 1 |
| COPPED OUT | 1 |
| DITCHED THE HABIT | 1 |
| DROPPED SMOKING | 1 |
| FLAT QUIT | 1 |
| GAVE HER UP | 1 |
| GAVE THEM UP | 1 |
| GIVE UP SMOKING | 1 |
| GIVEN IT UP | 1 |
| GOT OVER IT | 1 |
| HAYED THEM | 1 |
| HE’S RESTING | 1 |
| HOPPED IT | 1 |
| JUST QUIT | 1 |
| KILLED THE BUG | 1 |
| KNOCKED OFF | 1 |
| LAID IT ASIDE | 1 |
| LAID OFF AT SMOKING | 1 |
| LAID OFF CIGARETTES | 1 |
| MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE | 1 |
| PUT IT DOWN | 1 |
| PUT THEM DOWN | 1 |
| QUIT ‘EM | 1 |
| QUIT THAT HABIT | 1 |
| QUIT TOBACCO | 1 |
| RETIRED | 1 |
| SIGNED UP | 1 |
| SMOKED HIS LAST ONE | 1 |
| STARTED GOING NUTS | 1 |
| STOPPED LUSHING | 1 |
| STOPPED RIGHT OFF | 1 |
| STOPPED THE HABIT | 1 |
| SWORE OFF SMOKING | 1 |
| THREW THE PACK | 1 |
| THREW THEM AWAY | 1 |
| THROWED ‘EM AWAY | 1 |
| TOOK THE PLEDGE | 1 |
| TURNED OVER A NEW LEAF | 1 |
| WAS AN ADDICT | 1 |
| WAS CURED | 1 |
| WAS SATURATED WITH IT | 1 |
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