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drop out

/ drop out /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
"In the second round, the challenger gave up"
Opposites:
enter participate
Derived:
quitter
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
leave school or an educational program prematurely
"Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program"
Type of:
leave depart pull up stakes
Derived:
dropout
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
40%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
7
Times Searched
3
Relationship Distribution

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enter participate leave depart pull up stakes