drop-out
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drop-out
A drop-kick taken from between the posts or from the center of the 24 yd line to bring the ball back into play.
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drop
(drop) noun1. a small round or pear-shaped blob of liquid, usually falling. a drop of rain.
2. a small quantity (of liquid). If you want more wine, there's a drop left.
3. an act of falling. a drop in temperature.
4. a vertical descent. From the top of the mountain there was a sheer drop of a thousand feet.
verb – past tense, past participle dropped – 1. to let fall, usually accidentally. She dropped a box of pins all over the floor.
2. to fall. The coin dropped through the grating; The cat dropped on to its paws.
3. to give up (a friend, a habit etc). I think she's dropped the idea of going to London.
4. to set down from a car etc. The bus dropped me at the end of the road.
5. to say or write in an informal and casual manner. I'll drop her a note.
ˈdroplet (-lit) noun a tiny drop. droplets of rain.
ˈdroppings noun plural excrement (of animals or birds).
ˈdrop-out noun a person who withdraws, especially from a course at a university etc or the normal life of society.
drop a brick / drop a clanger unknowingly to say or do something extremely tactless.
drop back to slow down; to fall behind. I was at the front of the crowd but I dropped back to speak to Bill.
drop by to visit someone casually and without being invited. I'll drop by at his house on my way home.
drop in to arrive informally to visit someone. Do drop in (on me) if you happen to be passing!
drop off1. to become separated or fall off. The door-handle dropped off; This button dropped off your coat.
2. to fall asleep. I was so tired I dropped off in front of the television.
3. to allow to get off a vehicle. Drop me off at the corner.
drop out (often with of) to withdraw from a group, from a course at university, or from the normal life of society. There are only two of us going to the theatre now Mary has dropped out; She's dropped out of college.
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