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opt out
verb
- intr, adverboften foll byof to choose not to be involved (in) or part (of)
noun
- the act of opting out, esp of local-authority administration
opt-outs by hospitals and schools
Idioms and Phrases
Choose not to participate, as in Our school opted out of the state competition . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]Example Sentences
Men may opt out of the discussion rather than risk saying something wrong.
Allowing religiously affiliated organizations to opt out of Obamacare, period.
That law encourages doctors to opt out of Medicare—shrinking access to care.
Cable, you see, would allow viewers to opt out of local broadcast content and thus threaten existing VHF and UHF channels.
Instead, the group is informing the community that the trial will happen, so anyone who objects can opt out.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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