drop out

Speech parts

1. drop out - Noun

2. drop out - Verb

Meaning

give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

leave school or an educational program prematurely

withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

drop-out

Synonyms

quit throw in throw in the towel fall by the wayside chuck up the sponge drop by the wayside leave stop drop retreat surrender withdraw resign cease retire
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Antonyms

enter achieve begin grow join advance
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Hypernyms

leave withdraw retire depart pull up stakes

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drop out

Examples

My advice to people today is as follows: If you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out. Timothy Leary

By all means let's be open-minded, but not so open-minded that our brains drop out. Richard Dawkins

Every day the bucket a-go a well, one day the bottom a-go drop out. Bob Marley

Turn on, Tune in, Drop out. Timothy Leary

Children don't drop out of high school when they are 16, they do so in the first grade and wait 10 years to make it official. Bob Keeshan

When we put God first, all other things fall into their proper place or drop out of our lives. Ezra Taft Benson

Close letter words and terms

drop one's guts drop one's serve drop open drop out of drop out of sight drop over