Meaning

7 senses
  1. (idiomatic)To leave (school, a race, etc.) prematurely and voluntarily.

    Nothing went well in high school, so he dropped out.

    leave school or an educational program prematurely

  2. To opt out of conventional society.

    aussteigen

    withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values

  3. (usually)To be lost or momentarily interrupted.

    I can't make phone calls because the line keeps dropping out.

  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, out.

  5. (intransitive)To give way under someone.

    The board he was walking on dropped out.

  6. (figuratively, intransitive, usually)To cause someone to slip and/or fall down.

    The ground dropped out from under him.

    When she left him, his world dropped out beneath him.

  7. (slang, transitive)To dismiss, break up with or abandon (someone).

Examples

212 sentences
  1. Tom dropped out of school.

    Том кинув школу.

    ruТом бросил школу.

    deTom hat die Schule abgebrochen.

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  2. I wonder whether or not Tom has ever asked Mary why she dropped out of school.

    Мені цікаво, чи Том колись питав Мері, чому вона кинула школу.

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  3. He dropped out of high school.

    deEr hat die High School abgebrochen.

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  4. Tom dropped out of high school.

    deTom hat die Oberschule abgebrochen.

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  5. Tom dropped out of the tournament.

    ruТом выбыл из турнира.

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Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to opt out of conventional society:

Forms

drops out, dropping out, dropped out, dropped out
Base formdrop out · to drop out
3rd person singulardrops out
Present participledropping out
Past simpledropped out
Past participledropped out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydrop out
he, she, itdrops out

Past simpleLesson

all personsdropped out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dropped out
he, she, ithas dropped out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill drop out

Phrasal verbs

9 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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