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Drop out   /drɑp aʊt/   Listen
Drop out

verb
1.
Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat.  Synonyms: chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel.
2.
Withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values.
3.
Leave school or an educational program prematurely.






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"Drop out" Quotes from Famous Books



... patronized more freely. New pupils dropped in, and were usually so well satisfied that they did not drop out again. Grace gave all the credit to Anice, but Anice knew better than to accept it. She had been his "novelty" she said; time only would prove whether her usefulness was equal ...
— That Lass O' Lowrie's - 1877 • Frances Hodgson Burnett

... positively know that all UFO's are nonsense. Fortunately, for the sake of good manners if for no other reason, the ranks of this knowing category are constantly dwindling. One by one these people drop out, starting with the instant ...
— The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects • Edward Ruppelt

... and I'm immensely flattered that you haven't. But the fact is, my dear boy, you are simply the most interesting man I ever came across, in my own country or any other. You've always seemed like a sort of hero of a tale of adventure to me; and, you see, one don't let a chap like that drop out of one's recollection. I've always eagerly followed your doings, so far as one could follow them in the newspapers, and I read your African book with the greatest interest; but somehow I never got to hear much personal gossip about you. ...
— The House by the Lock • C. N. Williamson

... he said with a yawn. "After this hand, I'll drop out; I dare say one of the other two will take my place. Crestwick, I believe your sister and Miss Leslie will be waiting. You're ...
— The Long Portage • Harold Bindloss

... Just as a great naturalist confesses a loss of the finer sense of music, so there is the loss of the spiritual vision, for the spiritual sense is just as real as any other sense, but it can become useless and drop out of our life, if we do not value it and no longer use it. There are people with an artistic sense. There ...
— War and the Weird • Forbes Phillips


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