drop out

Idioms  

1. Withdraw from participation in a group such as a school, club, or game; also, withdraw from society owing to disillusionment. For example, He couldn't afford the membership dues and had to drop out, or She planned to drop out from college for a year. [Late 1800s]

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Example Sentences

The thought makes me feel like the floor has dropped out from under me.

From Literature

He got into the cryptocurrency startup scene early on, after dropping out of New York University.

From The Wall Street Journal

I’m helping plan a bachelorette party this spring, and I have a feeling one of the bridesmaids will drop out.

From MarketWatch

More recently, he attended Harvard Business School, dropping out a semester before graduation because his work projects picked up, a person close to him said.

From The Wall Street Journal

He later enrolled in — then dropped out of — an engineering program at UC Berkeley and moved into his mom’s old minivan, which he’d take to go climbing in Joshua Tree, he wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• abandon
• back out
• cease
• give up
• quit
• withdraw