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Withdraw from participation in a group such as a school, club, or game; also, withdraw from society owing to disillusionment. For example, He couldn't afford the membership dues and had to drop out , or She planned to drop out from college for a year . [Late 1800s]

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Unfortunately I was so behind in studying and so disconnected from any possible chance of friendship that I ended up dropping out and enrolling at an entirely different university.

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Taylor and Lee were only two candidates in a crowded field of 10 people, though one person dropped out of the race in February to campaign for Lee.

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Five months later, Biden dropped out of the race, and today the moratorium on Pride flags is still in place.

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But by the end of February, “things kind of dropped out on us,” said Rubio, owner and president of D’Place Entertainment, which operates theaters in California cities including in Barstow, Cathedral City and Bonsall.

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She is dropping out of her current course - nursing - because she can't manage the hospital shifts.

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