opt out

See also: opt-out

English

Etymology

From opt +‎ out.

Verb

opt out (third-person singular simple present opts out, present participle opting out, simple past and past participle opted out)

1. To choose not to participate in something.
   • 2023, “A Drone Opting Out of the Hive”, performed by Code Orange:

     But it's of no consequence
     There's nothing you can say that is relevant
     You can take my life, but I'll live again
     A thousand deaths that I have left to give
     A thousand deaths that I have left
     'Cause I am the drone
     Opting out of the hive

Antonyms

• opt in

Translations

To choose not to participate in something

• Finnish: jättää väliin, jättäytyä pois
• French: se désengager
• German: ablehnen (de)
• Russian: устраняться (ru) (ustranjatʹsja), отказа́ться (ru) (otkazátʹsja)
• Serbo-Croatian: pòvūći se (sh)

See also

• opt-out

Anagrams

• out-top, outtop, pot out, puttoo, top out, top-out, topout