opt out

opt +‎ out

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

• opt in

• opt-out

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