drop out

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drop out

verb drops out · dropping out · dropped out

idiomatic To leave (school, a race, etc.) prematurely and voluntarily. Nothing went well in high school, so he dropped out.
To opt out of conventional society.
usually, of sound To be lost or momentarily interrupted. I can't make phone calls because the line keeps dropping out.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, out. Generally, by the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby.
intransitive To give way under someone. The board he was walking on dropped out.
Similar: fall out
figuratively, intransitive, usually To cause someone to slip and/or fall down. The ground dropped out from under him.
Similar: fall out
slang, transitive To dismiss, break up with or abandon (someone).

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verb to prematurely leave an occasion or event

Español	desertar, defeccionar, apostatar, abandonar, planchar, renunciar
עברית	נָשַׁר nashár

verb to opt out of conventional society

Español	marginarse
Deutsch	aussteigen

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@misc{drop_out_2026,
  title = {drop out},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/drop%20out},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}