Totalling a car, especially in a spectacular manner, i.e. in a creek, head-on collision, etc.

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods

1, When a person makes plans about doing something with someone else and then the person backs out at the last minute without notifiying the other person.

2, To drop out of university, college or any other educational establishment without a justified reason.