English Explanatory Dictionary

drop out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To leave (school, a race, etc.) prematurely and voluntarily.
To opt out of conventional society.
To be lost or momentarily interrupted.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, out.
To give way under someone.
To cause someone to slip and/or fall down.
To dismiss, break up with or abandon (someone).

Pronunciation

en-au-drop out.ogg

Word forms

drop out drops out dropping out dropped out

Synonyms

fall out

Related words

drop drop-out dropout flunk out

Derived words

drop-in/drop-out tune in, turn on, drop out

Translations

Finnish: lähteä kesken pois Finnish: jättää kesken Finnish: keskeyttää Hebrew: נָשַׁר Hungarian: otthagy Hungarian: félbehagy Hungarian: lemorzsolódik Hungarian: kimarad Māori: makere Māori: whakamakere Polish: rzucać Polish: rzucić Spanish: desertar Spanish: defeccionar Spanish: apostatar Spanish: abandonar Spanish: planchar Spanish: renunciar Spanish: dejar Spanish: retirarse Spanish: dimitir [de] Spanish: darse de baja

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