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qt.

1

abbreviation

plural

qt., qts 
  1. quantity.

  2. quart.



q.t.

2
Or Q.T.

abbreviation

Informal.
  1. quiet.

qt

1

abbreviation

  1. quart

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q.t.

2

abbreviation

  1. quiet

  2. secretly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

qt.

  1. Abbreviation of quart

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Word History and Origins

Origin of qt.1

First recorded in 1905–10
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. on the q.t., stealthily; secretly.

    to meet someone on the q.t.

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Example Sentences

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He wanted to keep it on the QT back then, suggesting that "we could just shoot some Patriot missiles and take out the labs, quietly," and "no one would know it was us."

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The Hollywood sketch and improv mecca pits “Gays vs. Straights,” in a “gameshow death match” June 1, the venue’s first all trans/gender-nonconforming/nonbinary improv team delivers “QT’s Present…Joy!”

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The beverage first sparked controversy in October after a wrongful death lawsuit was filed against Panera by the family of Sarah Katz, a 21-year-old University of Pennsylvania student with Long QT Type 1 Syndrome, a heart condition.

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“Homicide suspect, he would get you. Stole a sandwich from QT, he would get you,” Ferreria said, flanked on one side by a picture of Eyer in his police uniform and on the other by Eyer with his wife and nearly 3-year-old son Andrew.

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T&T Salvage, a Texas-based company, and QT Environmental, of Minnesota, will work with local officials to also clean up the spill that has contaminated waters and beaches in the eastern Caribbean nation, according to its Ministry of Energy.

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