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Princeton's WordNet

  1. drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the spongeverb

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

    "In the second round, the challenger gave up"

  2. drop outverb

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

    "She hasn't heard from her brother in years--he dropped out after moving to California"

  3. drop outverb

    leave school or an educational program prematurely

    "Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program"

Wiktionary

  1. drop outverb

    Prematurely and voluntarily leave (school, a race, or the like).

Wikipedia

  1. Drop Out

    Drop Out is a song by American rapper Lil Pump from his second studio album Harverd Dropout (2019). The song stands as the first track on the album. It was produced by Diablo and sees Lil Pump claiming to be a free agent. The song received mixed to positive reviews from music critics.

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  1. drop out

    Drop out generally refers to someone who has stopped participating or continuing an activity, course, or program. This term is often used in educational contexts like schools or universities, where a student may decide to quit before completing their studies. However, it can also be applied to scenarios like quitting jobs, leaving competitions, or abandoning hobbies.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of drop out in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of drop out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of drop out in a Sentence

  1. Donald Trump:

    They don't understand that as people drop out, I'm going to get a lot of those votes also.

  2. Jean Guerrero:

    Hell, I was on the Jay Leno Show about the book, and the LA Times couldn't care less, by any standards, I'm a success story, come from the inner city … I defy anybody to follow my father's past: eighth grade drop out, buying a house that cost $600,000 by working two jobs. You could never do it. They don't care about that, but they care about calling me a sellout, and Uncle Tom, and Jean Guerrero and the LA Times should be ashamed of themselves.

  3. Fort Worth:

    We saw the the tornado drop out of the sky, this was crazy. It completely looks like a can opener opened this truck right in front of me.

  4. Paul Gruchow:

    It is one thing to decry the rat race...that is the good and honorable work of moralists. It is quite another thing to quit the rat race, to drop out, to refuse to run any further--that is the work of the individualist. It is offensive because it is impolite it makes the rebuke personal the individualist calls not his or her behavior into question, but mine.

  5. Angie Motshekga:

    People who are still innumerate and illiterate are pushed forward until they find that they are so far behind that they have no choice but to drop out.


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