English phrasal verb

drop out

To leave a course before finishing it.

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My grandfather, who everyone called Hoofer, and who had to drop out of the seventh grade to support his parents, was a traffic cop in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Conan O'BrienLet Yourself Fail
When at 15, my girlfriends started dropping out of their beloved sports teams because they didn't want to appear muscly.
Emma WatsonGender Equality
Large number of girls drop out of school at puberty, one of the main reasons being the lack of separate toilets for them.
Nita AmbaniWomen's Empowerment
But then somewhere along the way they drop out of the workforce because their career cycle and their biological cycles clash.
Palki SharmaVoice of Change