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drop out — to 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/

Korean meaning: 학업을 중도에 포기하다, 자퇴하다

Korean pronunciation: **드랍** 아웃

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

drop out concept
💡 Concept

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

drop out rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

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

🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/drɑːp aʊt/
🇬🇧 UK/drɒp aʊt/

🌳Etymology

Rootdrop
Suffix-out

Origin

19세기 중반에 'drop'(떨어뜨리다)와 'out'(밖으로)의 조합으로 생겨난 구동사입니다. 원래는 물리적으로 '밖으로 떨어지다'는 뜻에서 시작되어, 1960년대 미국에서 학교를 그만두는 의미로 널리 사용되기 시작했습니다.

🎵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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