Similar words: stoop to, hop to it, optometry, optometrist, opt, co-opt, opt for, adopt. Meaning: v. choose not to do something, as out of fear of failing.
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1 Under the agreement the Vietnamese can opt out at any time.
2 The government has been encouraging individuals to opt out of the state pension scheme.
3 To opt out at this moment would be quite irrational.
4 I think I'll opt out of this game.
5 Employees may opt out of the company's pension plan.
6 He didn't exactly opt out because he never opted in.
7 You can't just opt out of all responsibility for the child!
8 Britain wants to opt out of the new European regulations.
9 None of us can opt out of it.
10 Suppose Holt's 6-year-old does opt out of school?
11 The government's already allowed seventeen hospitals to opt out of the control of their local health boards.
12 Some believe the school should opt out and reduce pupil numbers.
13 People tend to opt out, criticize themselves, not accept compliments, not make decisions and feel frustrated.
14 Income transfers, in contrast, allow individuals to effectively opt out of the capitalistic process.
15 The draft student charter would allow students to opt out of their associations and would constrain unions within the law on charitable status.
16 Employees will no longer be able to opt out of cashless pay systems.
17 Or you can simply opt out and discover some of the best ways to spend lazy days.
18 The decision to opt out of the requirement to scrummage changed the whole nature of the game.
19 Even more important, they are allowed to opt out of local authority control.
20 Hospitals that have chosen to opt out of health-authority control and become self-governing will start running their own affairs.
21 You either opt out or plod on and make the most of it.
22 Suppose Holt's 6-year-old does opt out of school? What happens to her then?
23 The treaty gave Britain the right to opt out of the single European currency system.
24 It also promises a new funding body as more schools chose to opt out.
25 There's a religious revival in card designs,[www.Sentencedict.com] but most people opt out for holly and robins.
26 Missions would have to approved unanimously and any member state could opt out of participation.
27 Their attitude is seen as giving Third World nations a licence to opt out themselves.
28 The 1988 Housing Act, as we have seen, offered tenants the opportunity to opt out of local authority control.
29 The sixties had been a very difficult decade to opt out of.
30 Employees who do not wish to be part of the company's healthcare program can opt out if they want to.