dop, verb1
/dɔp/
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- Afrikaans
colloquial
a. intransitive. To fail.
1955 E. Bold in Pietersburg Eng. Medium School Mag. Nov. 35As we finished the sentence on Atilla the Hun Most of us were sure of ‘dopping’.
b. transitive. To fail (something).
1970 M. Gorbel Informant, Bloemfontein, Free StateHe dopped standard six.
1974 Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)(student essay) You hear children saying ‘I dopped that exam’.
To fail.
To fail (something).
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