The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 3 letter word DROP OUT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result DROP OUT
- Unconscious after drink, having to leave society?
- Don’t finish course after medic’s “nil by mouth” expression?
- Unusually proud to make a fresh start at Rugby
- One who withdraws from rugby manoeuvre
- Leave nameless Bond villain with sulky expression
- Leave mock Tudor housing long-faced
- Fall away, so give up
- Unsuccessful student making fresh start at Rugby
- Rod broken by fish? Admit defeat
- Withdraw from society kayoed after drink
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What does DROP OUT mean?
DROP OUT noun- Someone who has left an educational institution without completing the course
- Someone who has opted out of conventional society.
- One who suddenly leaves anything, or the act of doing so.
- The slot in the frame that accepts the axles of the wheels.
- A damaged portion of a tape or disk, causing a brief omission of audio, video, or data.
- Momentary loss of an electronic signal.
- A technique for regularizing a neural network by discarding a random subset of its units.