drop out

Example Sentences

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Insider info: Jacob Elordi is now Oscar-nominated for playing Frankenstein’s monster, but he was a last-minute replacement for Andrew Garfield, who dropped out.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nihill was shoved into a vocational program and most of his friends dropped out of school.

From Los Angeles Times

And even though there were so many fewer letters after all except the first ones dropped out, the name felt bigger and freer.

From Literature

The following year, in 1962, I decided to drop out and become an actress in New York.

From The Wall Street Journal

That means the eight other candidates’ names will appear on the ballot, regardless of whether they decide to later drop out.

From Los Angeles Times