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Drop out

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To leave (school, a race, etc.) prematurely and voluntarily. idiomatic

    "Nothing went well in high school, so he dropped out."

  2. 2
    give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat wordnet
  3. 3
    To opt out of conventional society.
  4. 4
    leave school or an educational program prematurely wordnet
  5. 5
    To be lost or momentarily interrupted. usually

    "I can't make phone calls because the line keeps dropping out."

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  1. 6
    withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values wordnet
  2. 7
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, out.

    "Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby."

  3. 8
    To give way under someone. intransitive

    "The board he was walking on dropped out."

  4. 9
    To cause someone to slip and/or fall down. figuratively, intransitive, usually

    "The ground dropped out from under him."

  5. 10
    To dismiss, break up with or abandon (someone). slang, transitive

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