Synonyms for drop out
drop out

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1. drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the spongeverb

   give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

   "In the second round, the challenger gave up"

   Synonyms:
   spare, leave office, allow, abandon, forfeit, vacate, release, put in, give up, resign, forgo, kick, throw in, come in, surrender, part with, fall by the wayside, lay off, waive, throw overboard, dispense with, step down, cede, depart, stop, relinquish, throw in the towel, deliver, inject, cease, chuck up the sponge, renounce, discontinue, free, drop by the wayside, interpose, take leave, forego, interject, quit, foreswear

   Antonyms:
   enter, participate

2. drop outverb

   withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values

   "She hasn't heard from her brother in years--he dropped out after moving to California"

   Synonyms:
   drop by the wayside, fall by the wayside, chuck up the sponge, quit, give up, throw in the towel, throw in

   Antonyms:
   participate, enter

3. drop outverb

   leave school or an educational program prematurely

   "Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program"

   Synonyms:
   drop by the wayside, fall by the wayside, chuck up the sponge, quit, give up, throw in the towel, throw in

   Antonyms:
   enter, participate

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1. Annette Fuentes:

   The kids who were criminalized were overwhelmingly black and Latino students, what is clear is that kids who are punished disproportionately to their violation of school codes are more likely to drop out. Kids who are suspended are more likely to because drop outs. That means the risk of that kid growing up and falling into real criminal behavior is real.

2. Frank Zappa, Liner notes from the album, "Freak Out," 1965:

   Drop out of school before your mind rots from our mediocre educational system.

3. Travis Werths:

   If it goes bad, I think there's going to be a lot of people who drop out of the union, i think there's enough people who have had enough to where they don't feel like they're getting a fair shake.

4. Donald Trump:

   They don't understand that as people drop out, I'm going to get a lot of those votes also.

5. Ted Cruz on Wednesday:

   I'm curious how many reporters ask Marco Rubio after losing four states in a row, 'So when do you drop out when you haven't won a state?'.