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drop-out

noun as in hippie

verb as in stop doing an activity

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Many times, victims drop out of school, while their alleged attackers graduate.

He won a ticket to college on a basketball scholarship but had to drop out to support his siblings.

“The [high school] drop-out rate was 80 percent [among Latinos] and the college-going rate was four percent,” Castro says.

They are often forced to drop out of school and take menial jobs to support their new family.

Children who drop out of school become more susceptible to being exploited and abused.

Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"

At every halt which this groping search necessitated, scores of tired men would fall asleep and drop out of their saddles.

When, with returning fair weather, the atmospheric pressure increases, the water can no longer bulge or drop out of the bulb.

My drop-out would be made to look as if I had jumped the job, and Dunton would appoint a new man.

"I wish we could drop out—and land up on the mountain outside," returned his youngest brother.

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On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to drop-out, such as: bohemian, flower child, free spirit, beatnik, freak, and freethinker.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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