to [peterson] out

To abandon a reasonably successful academic career in order to pursue a life of quackery and sophistry (as exemplified by Canadian psychologist Jordan B. Peterson).

To abandon a reasonably successful academic career in order to pursue a life of quackery and sophistry (as exemplified by Canadian psychologist Jordan B. Peterson).

Giving lectures and grading papers is so frustrating, sometimes I just want to peterson out.

- Is Dr. Jones still working on the bovine flu virus sequencing project?
- No, she petersoned out a few months ago and wrote a spiritual health manual.