to drop the course
1
3.0
- phrasal verb
- US
:
abandonar el curso
- Jenn, who had reported starting the semester with feelings of fear, discussed how this kind of anxiety drove her to the verge of dropping the course.
- students who dropped the course
Examples
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I struggled with the material, so I decided to drop the course and focus on my other classes.
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I had students who would drop the course if these things were brought up even in a very mild way, in a hypothetical way.
Blog text (23) -
"I think I recall your telling me you were going to drop the course.
Fiction book (1993) -
"If you came to class unprepared, he invited you to drop the course.
Fiction book (1990) -
Perhaps this might explain why more UGs ended up dropping the course.
Academic text (2001) -
Students who eventually dropped the course had lower expectations than those who completed it, but their high school GPAs did not differ.
Academic text (1997) -
She offered the example of one such student, whom she had told not to drop the course at midsemester.
Academic text (2009) -
In those situations, Julie reported, she rarely concedes to students that dropping the course is a good idea.
Academic text (2009) -
Two UG students from each section and one G student from the first section had dropped the course for unspecified reasons.
Academic text (2001) -
Thus, if a student drops the course after it has started, there is only a slim chance that the empty seat will be filled by another student, and the potential for revenue loss exists.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
∞
3.1
To leave out a sound or part of a word
668
1.0
To stop doing a habit or activity like smoking
466
2.8
To stop taking part in a place or activity
214
3.0
To leave a course, competition or group before finishing
206
3.4
To stop being involved in an activity or agreement
79
3.2
Leave an activity or agreement you had joined
50
3.5
To choose not to take part in something
1
6.8
To stop being signed up for a course, program, or school
To remove yourself or someone else from a course
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'to withdraw from or stop attending a class' is directly derivable from combining 'drop' (to stop/include dismiss) with 'course' (a series of lectures or a class); the verb + object composition maps transparently to the action of stopping participation. This is a common, literal extension in English academic usage and would be accessible to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
The phrase drop the course comes from the simple image of drop + course: like taking a class off your schedule and letting it fall away from your list. So it means 'to stop attending or officially withdraw from a class'.