drop out of (something)
drop out of (something)
1. To let someone or something fall or proceed out of something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "drop" and "out." Drop the troops out of the plane once you're safely over the compound. Of course the boys got into mischief and started dropping each other's things out the window.
2. To leave an activity or program without finishing it. I'm going back to school because I always regretted dropping out of college.
See also: drop, of, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
drop (someone or something) out of
something and drop someone or something Off to let someone or something fall out of something. She dropped the paper out of the window. Max threatened to drop Lefty out of the open door of the plane. I opened the window and dropped out the caterpillar.
See also: drop, of, out
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- drop out of
- drop into
- drop off
- drop from
- drop from (something)
- drop on
- drop (someone or something) on (someone or something)
- drop in
- drop in(to) (something)
- Drop it!