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opt out

opt out verb: to choose not to participate in something.

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.
    • 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 hive2023, “A Drone Opting Out of the Hive”, performed by Code Orange

Antonyms of opt out

Forms of opt out

third-person singular presentopts out
present participleopting out
past participleopted out
pastopted out

Origin of opt out

From opt + out.

Questions about opt out

What does opt out mean?
Opt out means to choose not to participate in something.
What part of speech is opt out?
Opt out is a verb.
What is the past tense of opt out?
The past tense of opt out is opted out.

Words near opt out in the dictionary

  1. opster
  2. Opsterland
  3. opsters
  4. opt
  5. opt in
  6. opt out
  7. opt-in
  8. opt-out
  9. opt-outs
  10. opt.
  11. optable

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