ALL meanings of drop out
drop out
D d - verb with object drop out to write and send: Drop me a note. 1
- verb with object drop out to bring to the ground by a blow or shot. 1
- verb with object drop out to set down or unload, as from a ship, car, etc. (often followed by off): Drop me at the corner. 1
- verb with object drop out to omit (a letter or syllable) in pronunciation or writing: He dropped his h's. 1
- verb with object drop out to lower (the voice) in pitch or loudness. 1
- verb with object drop out to cease to keep up or have to do with: I dropped the subject. Will you drop your old friends if you win the lottery? 1
- verb with object drop out to cease to employ, admit as a member, or include, as on a list; dismiss: to drop an accountant from the payroll; to drop three members of the club who have not paid their dues. 1
- verb with object drop out to withdraw or cease to pursue: The police dropped the charges against the suspect. 1
- verb with object drop out Sports. to throw, shoot, hit, kick, or roll (a ball, puck, etc.) through or into a basket, hole, or other goal: He dropped the ball through the basket for two points. to lose (a game or contest): They dropped two games in a row and were eliminated from the tournament. 1
- verb with object drop out Football. to drop-kick (a ball). to score with a drop kick. 1
- verb with object drop out (of animals) to give birth to: The cat dropped a litter of six kittens. 1
- verb with object drop out to parachute (persons, supplies, etc.): The Marines dropped 300 combat troops into the jungle battlefield. 1
- verb with object drop out to lengthen by lowering or letting out: to drop the hem of a skirt. 1
- verb with object drop out to lower (the wheels) into position for landing an airplane. 1
- verb with object drop out Slang. to take (especially an illicit drug) by swallowing; ingest: to drop LSD. 1
- verb with object drop out Nautical. to pass out of sight of; outdistance. 1
- verb with object drop out Cookery. to poach (an egg). 1
- idioms drop out at the drop of a hat, at the slightest provocation or without delay: He's ready to fight at the drop of a hat. 1
- idioms drop out drop dead, (used as an expression of contempt, disgust, impatience, etc.): If that's the way you feel about it, drop dead! 1
- idioms drop out drop in the bucket. bucket (def 13). 1
- idioms drop out get / have the drop on, to aim and be ready to shoot a gun at an antagonist before the other person's gun can be drawn. to get or have at a disadvantage. 1
- intransitivephrasal verb drop out withdraw from sth 1
- intransitivephrasal verb drop out reject convention 1
- verb drop out Used other than as an idiom: see drop, out. 0
- verb drop out (Idiomatic) Prematurely and voluntarily leave (school, a race, or the like). 0
- phrasal verb drop out If someone drops out of college or a race, for example, they leave it without finishing what they started. 0
- phrasal verb drop out If someone drops out, they reject the accepted ways of society and live outside the usual system. 0
- countable noun drop out If you describe someone as a drop-out, you disapprove of the fact that they have rejected the accepted ways of society, for example by not having a regular job. 0
- countable noun drop out A drop-out is someone who has left school or college before they have finished their studies. 0
- adjective drop out If you refer to the drop-out rate, you are referring to the number of people who leave a school or college early, or leave a course or other activity before they have finished it. 0
- noun drop out to stop being a member or participant 0