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opt out

verb

  1. intr, adverboften foll byof to choose not to be involved (in) or part (of)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. the act of opting out, esp of local-authority administration

    opt-outs by hospitals and schools

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Idioms and Phrases

Choose not to participate, as in Our school opted out of the state competition . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]
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“It’s like how long ago people were freaking out about guys opting out of bowl games? Yeah. No one’s worried about it anymore,” Davis said.

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Nearly every state, including Maryland and California, has a law that allows parents to opt out of sex education classes for their children.

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The UAE has a reservation - or opt out - to the Genocide Convention which has meant in previous cases, the ICJ does not have jurisdiction over these types of claims.

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The Angels already had opted out of their lease, and they had in fact agreed to a one-year extension of the opt-out window.

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While wealthier families can choose to opt out of a public school system with rapidly dwindling funding, not all students in the state can.

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