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Antonyms for drop out

Grammar : Verb
Spell : drop-out
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdrɒpˌaʊt

Definition 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

Synonyms for drop out

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