drop out

drop out
verb
1. give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat (Freq. 2)
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In the second round, the challenger gave up

• Syn:
• Ant: ↑enter
• Derivationally related forms: ↑quitter (for: ↑quit)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

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Somebody ——s something

 (for: ↑quit)
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Somebody ——s something

 (for: ↑give up)
2. withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values
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She hasn't heard from her brother in years—he dropped out after moving to California

• Hypernyms: ↑retire, ↑withdraw
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

3. leave school or an educational program prematurely
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Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program

• Derivationally related forms: ↑dropout
• Hypernyms: ↑leave, ↑depart, ↑pull up stakes
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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1) cease to participate in a race or competition
2) abandon a course of study

kids who had dropped out of college

3) reject conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle

a child of the sixties who had temporarily dropped out

4) Rugby restart play with a drop kick
■ score a drop goal

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drop out [phrasal verb]
1 : to stop attending a school or university before you have completed your studies

He dropped out after 10th grade.

— often + of

He dropped out of [=quit] college/school and began working full-time.

2 : to stop being part of a group
— usually + of

She was the first to drop out of the band.

3 : to stop being involved in regular society because you do not agree with or support its rules, customs, and values

Back in the sixties he dropped out and lived as a hippie for several years.

— see also ↑dropout
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Main Entry: ↑drop

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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