'drop out' definitions:
Definition of 'drop out'
(from WordNet)
verb
Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" [syn: drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge] [ant: enter, participate]
verb
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"
verb
Leave school or an educational program prematurely; "Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program"
Synonyms of 'drop out'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- dissent,
- dissent from,
- divide on,
- evacuate,
- forsake,
- go back on,
- jettison,
- jilt,
- leave,
- leave behind,
- leave flat,
- make waves,
- maroon,
- nonconform,
- not agree,
- not comply,
- not conform,
- oppose,
- opt out,
- protest,
- pull out,
- quit,
- quit cold,
- renege,
- rock the boat,
- say goodbye to,
- secede,
- stand down,
- take exception,
- take issue,
- take leave of,
- throw over,
- vacate,
- withdraw,
- withhold assent
Words containing 'drop out'
- Drop,
- Drop by drop,
- Dropped,
- Dropping,
- Droppingly,
- To drop down,
- To drop off,
- To drop through,
- drop by,
- drop down,
- drop in,
- drop it,
- drop off,
- droppings,
- Ague drop,
- Beech drops,
- Black drop,
- Drop curtain,
- Drop forging,
- Drop hammer,
- Drop kick,
- Drop lake,
- Drop letter,
- Drop press,
- Drop rudder,
- Drop scene,
- Drop seed,
- Drop serene,
- Dropping bottle,
- Dropping fire,
- Dropping tube,
- Hand drop,
- Jesuits' drops,
- Life drop,
- Rupert's drop,
- To drop a vessel,
- To drop astern,
- To drop the curtain,
- Toe drop,
- Wrist drop,
- coral drops,
- cough drop,
- dead drop,
- drop a line,
- drop anchor,
- drop arch,
- drop away,
- drop back,
- drop behind,
- drop biscuit,
- drop by the wayside,
- drop cloth,
- drop dead,
- drop earring,
- drop forge,
- drop in the bucket,
- drop keel,
- drop line,
- drop of a sail,
- drop open,
- drop scone,
- drop shot,
- drop the ball,
- drop the subject,
- drop zone,
- drop-off,
- dropped egg,
- dropping zone,
- knockout drops,
- lemon drop,
- let drop,
- nose drops,
- pigeon droppings,
- potential drop,
- to drop the ball,
- voltage drop,
- Friction drop hammer,
- air-drop,
- drop like flies,
- drop one's serve,
- drop-dead,
- drop-down menu,
- drop-kick,
- drop-leaf,
- drop-off charge,
- drop-seed,
- eye-drop,
- knock-out drops,
- name-dropping,
- drop-leaf table