early exit

Leaving before ending

Early exit is leaving before the expected or scheduled end—departing a concert at intermission, selling an investment before maturity, or quitting a program before completion.

In programming, an early exit is a return statement or break that terminates a function or loop before reaching its natural end: The function has an early exit if the input is null.

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cut and run · jump ship · bailout · premature · leave · Irish goodbye · abandon · retreat · cashout · startup · investor · buyout · golden parachute · walkout · deadline · parachute · severance · liquidation

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completion and duration

early exitgoing the distance

Completing the full effort

finishing out · sticking it out · overstaying · full term · hanging in there

entry timing

early exitlate entry

Submission after deadline

late arrival · late start · fashionably late

commitment/persistence

early exitperseverance

Sustained resolve despite obstacles

sticking it out · completion · follow-through · going the distance · endurance

Family

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