To leave school or interrupt one's studies before completion.

to stop or give up halfway through a process, task, or course of study

to stop writing or painting in the middle of a specific piece of work

to stop or interrupt a theatrical performance or stage run

to stop or discontinue an ongoing activity or process

to give up a life of agricultural labor, often to pursue other ambitions

continuing without stopping or pausing, especially in relation to effort, work, or study

to stop eating and spit out one's food (to receive a visitor, showing eagerness to recruit talent)

now working, now stopping

to write intermittently or in fits and starts, often stopping and restarting over a long period

to give up or discontinue one's work, career, or professional activity

to stop work

to suspend business at the imperial court on account of a misfortune