| Main Entry: |
drop |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
abandon; ignore |
Synonyms: |
abort, adios, be alienated from, break with, call off,
cancel, cast off,
cease,
desert,
discontinue,
dismiss, disown,
ditch*, divorce, dust off, eighty-six,
end,
forfeit, forget about,
forsake,
give up, have done with,
interrupt, jilt,
kick*,
leave,
lose, part from, part with,
quit,
reject,
relinquish,
remit,
renounce,
repudiate,
resign,
sacrifice,
scratch*, scrub,
separate,
shake,
stop,
terminate, throw over, wash out, waste one, wipe out, write off
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Antonyms: |
continue, do, mount, pursue, take up
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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