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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"

   Antonyms:
   enter, participate

   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

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"

   Antonyms:
   participate, enter

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

3. drop outverb

   leave school or an educational program prematurely

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

   Antonyms:
   enter, participate

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

How to use drop out in a sentence?

1. Amanda Rhomberg:

   I am 12 years old and my parents won't let me drop out of the 6th grade.

2. Matt Spellman:

   It's too big, it really is. I'm ready( for people to drop out). It's getting to be too overwhelming.

3. Arnold Schwarzenegger:

   It doesn’t matter that Donald Trump backed out of the Paris agreement, because the private sector didn’t drop out, the public sector didn’t dropout, the universities didn’t dropout, the scientists didn’t dropout, the engineers didn’t dropout. No one else dropped out.

4. Tony Papa:

   I think is disgusting. I think it's political and this is aimed at Trump, if I were a member of this church, I'd drop out, I really would, it's very disgusting.

5. Herman Cain:

   I'm not going to drop out because they are recycling the unfounded accusation from nearly eight years ago, i did know her. I don't deny that. I deny an affair.

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