Drop out
Drop out verb - Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat.
Turn
Turn verb - To move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis.
Both terms in one sentence
- Inverted in Sam & Max Season 2: Moai Better Blues, where basalt is said to make Moai 'turn on, tune in and drop out' (a phrase associated with LSD).
Source: Marijuana Is LSD - In fact, Cena said in an interview in the summer of '06 that he wanted to drop out of the Main Event scene after he jobbed to Edge at New Year's Revolution and turn heel to refresh his character.
Source: Mis-blamed -
Hicks cheats and causes Weathers to wreck out, which in turn causes Lightning, in the lead, to drop out to help Weathers at least finish his last race.
Source: Pyrrhic Victory
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