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drop out

English

  1. 🔊 give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope
    “In the second round, the challenger gave up”
  2. 🔊 leave school or an educational program prematurely
    “Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program”
  3. 🔊 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”

Similar words

give up fall by the wayside drop by the wayside throw in throw in the towel quit chuck up the sponge abandon agree to differ agree to disagree back out be at variance be in dissent beg off beg to differ break bounds break step cry off depart from differ disagree disagree with discard discord with