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drop out

verb

Meaning

  1. To leave (school, a race, etc.) prematurely and voluntarily.
  2. To opt out of conventional society.
  3. (of sound, electronic signal, etc.) To be lost or momentarily interrupted.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

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Related words

leave(English)throw in the towel(English)chuck up the sponge(English)quit(English)give up(English)throw in(English)drop(English)skip out(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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