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drop out

verb as in stop doing an activity

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She got a place to study at Cambridge University but, struggling to cope with a lack of support, she dropped out and found herself sleeping rough and going between squats.

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“It’s bad enough when some kid goes to college for a year to get a basketball contract and then drops out,” says William E. Vita, a partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon.

When Hannah told her parents she wanted to drop out of college, they were supportive but said she would need to get a job.

The girl dropped out of high school and moved.

Patrick Lenz, CSU’s interim chief financial officer, said in an interview with The Times that several “very viable” candidates for executive positions dropped out after learning about the compensation.

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

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