dropping out
Abandoning formal education
Dropping out is leaving school, a program, or an activity before completion.
Most often it refers to quitting formal education: He's thinking about dropping out of college.
The term can apply to withdrawing from any commitment: Several contestants are dropping out of the race.
The phrase carries connotations of giving up or failing to finish what one started.
- exitWay to leave
- GEDAlternative diploma certification
- quitCease doing something
- giving upChoosing to stop trying
- walkTravel on foot
withdraw · tuning out · disengagement · attrition · falling behind · off the grid · abandonment · discontinuation · opting out · burnout · dead end job · rat race · expulsion · learned helplessness · bowing out · truancy · rebel · failing
- giving upgive up, giving up, quit, quitting, surrender
- leavingdeparture, quit, walking away, withdrawing, bail
- life choicescareer change, career choice, college choice, family planning, childfree
- music chartsBillboard Hot 100, number one, chart-topper, top ten, pop charts
- quittingquit, resign, resignation, stop, end
- school dropoutsGED, flunk out, noncompletion, early exit
dropping outgraduating
Finishing formal education
finishing school · completing · finishing · persisting · continuing
dropping outenrolling
Formally joining an organization
joining · signing up · opting in · committing · engaging
dropping outbuying in
Acquiring in quantity
conforming · tuning in · selling out · playing the game · fitting in
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