lui mollò

let go, released, quit, gave up

→ mollare
moll let go; loosen + ò 3rd person singular past tense
verb · third singular · past indicative Rare #41,652
let go, released
IT: Quando vide il ragno, mollò la tazza per terra.
EN: When she saw the spider, she let go of the cup and it fell to the ground.
quit, gave up
IT: Dopo pochi mesi mollò il lavoro e tornò a casa.
EN: After a few months, he quit the job and went back home.
Conjugation of mollare
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third mollò

Tom mollò il suo impiego e si trasferì a Boston.

Tom quit his job and moved to Boston.

Sami mollò perché odiava Layla.

Sami quit because he hated Layla.

Non mollò.

He didn’t give up.

E poi mollò la moglie mentre lei era incinta di quel ragazzo muto.

And then he dumped his wife while she was pregnant with that dumb boy.

— Mystic River (2003)