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Drop out meaning

Drop out is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to stop doing an activity or trying to complete something before it is finished.

Past simple
dropped out
Past participle
dropped out
-ing form
dropping out

What drop out means

stop participatingB2

To stop doing an activity or trying to complete something before it is finished

Three competitors dropped out before the final stage.

1 more meaning of drop out is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With out: go out, find out, sort out, run out, take out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out.

Common questions

What does drop out mean?

It has 2 meanings. One of them is to stop doing an activity or trying to complete something before it is finished. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of drop out?

Dropped out, which is also its past participle.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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