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drop outto leave school, college, or university before completing a course of study

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to leave school, college, or university before completing a course of study

Pronunciation (IPA): /drɑːp aʊt/

Example Sentences

  • Steve Jobs famously dropped out of college but still attended classes that interested him.
  • My cat seems to have dropped out of obedience school - she still ignores every command I give her.
  • The startup founder dropped out of Harvard in his sophomore year to pursue his business idea.

drop out

VERB

[/drɑːp aʊt/]

to leave school, college, or university before completing a course of study

He decided to drop out of college to chase his music dream.
💡 Concept

He decided to drop out of college to chase his music dream.

Don't drop out to cop out, drop out to opt out!
🎵 Rhyme

Don't drop out to cop out, drop out to opt out!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/drɑːp aʊt/
🇬🇧 UK/drɒp aʊt/

🌳Etymology

Rootdrop
Suffix-out

🎵Rhyme

cop outopt outpop out
cop out
opt out
pop out

🔗Collocations

drop out of school
college dropout
high school dropout
dropout rate
drop out temporarily
drop out of the race

📝Examples

Steve Jobs famously dropped out of college but still attended classes that interested him.

😄 Fun example

My cat seems to have dropped out of obedience school - she still ignores every command I give her.

The startup founder dropped out of Harvard in his sophomore year to pursue his business idea.

😄 Fun example

I wanted to drop out of my diet plan after seeing the chocolate cake in the cafeteria.

📚Related Words

Synonyms

withdrawquitabandonleavediscontinue

Antonyms

enrolljoincontinue

Related

dropoutwithdrawalsuspensiongraduatematriculate

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