Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat.

synonyms: chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, fall by the wayside, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel.

Roget 539: learn; acquire knowledge, gain knowledge, receive knowledge, take in knowledge, drink in knowledge, imbibe knowledge, pick up knowledge, gather knowledge, get knowledge, obtain knowledge, collect knowledge, glean knowledge, glean information, glean learning.    acquaint oneself with, master; make oneself master of, make oneself acquainted with; grind, cram; get up, coach up; learn by heart, learn by rote.    read, spell, peruse; con over, pore over, thumb over; wade through; dip into; run the eye over, run the eye through; turn over the leaves.    study; be studious etc. adj.. [study intensely] burn the midnight oil, consume the midnight oil, mind one's book; cram.    go to school, go to college, go to the university; matriculate; serve an apprenticeship, serve one's apprenticeship, serve one's time; learn one's trade; be informed etc. 527; be taught etc. 537.    [stop going to school voluntarily (intransitive)] drop out, leave school, quit school; graduate; transfer; take a leave.    [cause to stop going to school (transitive)] dismiss, expel, kick out of school.    [stop going to school involuntarily] flunk out; be dismissed etc. ... show more

Roget 730: not complete etc. 729; leave unfinished etc. adj., leave undone, drop, put down; neglect etc. 460; let alone, let slip; lose sight of (forget) 506.    fall short of etc. 304; do things by halves, parboil, scotch the snake not lull it; hang fire; be slow to; collapse etc. 304.    drop out.    ... show more

Dutch: de handdoek in de ring werpen, zich overgeven, uitvallen

Withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values.

Leave school or an educational program prematurely.