drops out
Withdraws before finishing
To drop out is to withdraw from participation, especially from school before graduating: He dropped out of college in his sophomore year.
The phrase extends to any departure from an activity or commitment: Several sponsors dropped out at the last minute.
Someone who drops out of mainstream society rejects conventional paths—the 1960s gave us the hippie dropout.
- resignVoluntarily leave office
- quitCease doing something
- calls it quitsEnds an endeavor
- gives upCeases effort or resistance
- abandonLeave behind permanently
leave · relinquish · falls off · cease · withdraw · forsake · discontinuation · absenteeism · no show · exit · truancy · stepping down · disconnection · disengagement · forfeit · fades away · goes dark · surrender
drops outgraduates
Degree recipients
finishes · completes · stays in · perseveres · persists
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