verb
1. give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat (Freq. 2)
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In the second round, the challenger gave up
• Syn:
↑give up, ↑fall by the wayside, ↑drop by the wayside, ↑throw in, ↑throw in the towel, ↑quit, ↑chuck up the sponge
• Ant: ↑enter
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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Somebody ——s PP
2. withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values
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She hasn't heard from her brother in years—he dropped out after moving to California
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
3. leave school or an educational program prematurely
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Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program
• Derivationally related forms: ↑dropout
• Hypernyms: ↑leave, ↑depart, ↑pull up stakes
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s
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1) cease to participate in a race or competition
2) abandon a course of study
kids who had dropped out of college
3) reject conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle
a child of the sixties who had temporarily dropped out
4) Rugby restart play with a drop kick
■ score a drop goal
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drop out [phrasal verb]
1 : to stop attending a school or university before you have completed your studies
He dropped out after 10th grade.
— often + of
He dropped out of [=quit] college/school and began working full-time.
2 : to stop being part of a group
— usually + of
She was the first to drop out of the band.
3 : to stop being involved in regular society because you do not agree with or support its rules, customs, and values
Back in the sixties he dropped out and lived as a hippie for several years.
— see also ↑dropout
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Main Entry: ↑drop
Useful english dictionary. 2012.