Synonyms for drop out

Grammar : Verb

Spell : drop-out

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrɒpˌaʊt

Top 10 synonyms for drop out

Other synonyms for the word drop out

retreat

Définition of drop out

Origin : Old English dropa "a drop of liquid," from Proto-Germanic *drupon (cf. Old Saxon dropo, Old Norse dropi, Dutch drop, Old High German tropfo, German Tropfen (n.)), from PIE *dhreu-.
Meaning "an act of dropping" is from 1630s; of immaterial things (prices, temperatures, etc.) from mid-19c. Meaning "lozenge, hard candy" is 1723. Meaning "secret place where things can be left illicitly and picked up later" is from 1931.
Drop in the bucket (late 14c.) is from Isa. ix:15 [KJV]. At the drop of a hat "suddenly" is from 1854; drop-in "casual visit" is 1819; drop-kick is 1857. To get the drop on someone originally was Old West gunslinger slang (1869).

verb stop doing an activity

Example sentences :

I said it was fine to drop out of the world; but why have you cut off your old friends from you?
Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

Then she broke down and had to drop out, and now that she's strong again she's changed.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

What I want to know is, did it drop out when I took off my coat here in the shop?
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

She seemed to like him, and in common decency he had to drop out of the running.
Extract from : « The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 1 (of 10) » by Edith Wharton

The moment I quit my post I drop out and he takes up the reins.
Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton

If you don't want to go on with it you can drop out, Mr. Sedgwick.
Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine

It was easy enough to drop out of her old round of festivities.
Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice

Changing the subject, I asked, "but what about the others who just drop out of sight?"
Extract from : « Highways in Hiding » by George Oliver Smith

Men do not lose their self-respect, they win it; they do not drop out, they work in.
Extract from : « Appearances » by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson

We all have to do that, you know—or drop out to make way for others.
Extract from : « The Message » by Alec John Dawson

Antonyms for drop out

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