drop - thesaurus entry

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verb

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to deliberately let something fall
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To move, or to move something downwards: fall, lower, come down, slip, plunge, plummet, go down, descend, drop, lose your balance/footing... more
1. a.
  to let something fall without intending to
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  To move, or to move something downwards: fall, lower, come down, slip, plunge, plummet, go down, descend, drop, lose your balance/footing... more
2. b.
  to fall to the ground or into something
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  To move, or to move something downwards: fall, lower, come down, slip, plunge, plummet, go down, descend, drop, lose your balance/footing... more
2
to quickly move downwards, or to let yourself fall downwards
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To move, or to move something downwards: fall, lower, come down, slip, plunge, plummet, go down, descend, drop, lose your balance/footing... more
1. a.
  to move part of your body downwards
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  To move, or to move something downwards: fall, lower, come down, slip, plunge, plummet, go down, descend, drop, lose your balance/footing... more
2. b.
  if someone’s jaw drops, or if their mouth drops open, their mouth opens suddenly because they are very surprised
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  To use or to move the mouth or throat: dribble, drool, drop, gob, hawk, open, pucker, salivate, shut, slobber... more
3. c.
  if you drop your eyes or your gaze, you look downwards
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  General words meaning to look or not look: look around, look at, look, check on, examine, stare, see, shut, view... more
3
to reduce something to a lower amount or value
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To reduce something: top-slice, cut back, cut down, reduce, bring down, narrow down, decrease, lower, diminish, roll back... more
1. a.
  if you drop your voice, or if your voice drops, you speak less loudly
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  What voices can do: break, choke, crack, drop, fall, harden, lift, modulate, quaver, rise... more
2. b.
  if the wind drops, it becomes less strong
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  What the wind can do: blow, catch, drop, freshen, get up, gust, howl, lash, pick up, rise... more
3. c.
  drop
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  drop back
  to fall to a lower amount or value
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  To become less in size, amount or value: crater, decrease, decline, diminish, slump, dwindle, fall, fall away, shrink, drop... more
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drop
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drop off
to take someone to a place in a car, usually without getting out of the car yourself
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To go somewhere with someone or something: come, drive, walk, deliver, conduct, bring, escort, haul off, shepherd, lead... more
1. a.
  to take something to a place and not stay there very long
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  To take something somewhere: bring, deliver, take, rush, carry, bring along, transfer, cart, drop, bear... more
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to let something fall from an aircraft
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To operate an aircraft: airlift, bank, buzz, captain, climb, come down, ditch, down, drop, eject... more
1. a.
  to fall into an area from an aircraft, especially using a parachute
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  Parachuting and flying or falling for leisure: bail out, bale out, ballooning, base jumping, bungee jumping, chute, cliff jumping, drop, free fall, gliding... more
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to not continue with something
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To stop doing something: stop, break off, give up, cease, discontinue, abandon, quit, check, drop, throw in the towel... more
1. a.
  to decide not to continue with a court case
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  To stop doing something: stop, break off, give up, cease, discontinue, abandon, quit, check, drop, throw in the towel... more
2. b.
  to decide not to continue studying a school subject
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  To stop doing something: stop, break off, give up, cease, discontinue, abandon, quit, check, drop, throw in the towel... more
3. c.
  to stop what you are doing in order to do something else
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  To stop doing something: stop, break off, give up, cease, discontinue, abandon, quit, check, drop, throw in the towel... more
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to not include something
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To not include something or someone: leave out, exclude, omit, shut out of, count out, drop, miss out, to the exclusion of something, set/put something aside... more
1. a.
  to not include someone on a team
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  Sports management and team selection: bench, call up, call-up, cap, captain, captain, captaincy, draft in, draw, draw... more
2. b.
  to not pronounce a letter when you say a word
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  Pronunciation and pronouncing words: pronunciation, pronounce, articulation, diction, articulate, enunciate, intone, stammer, stutter, roll/trip/slip off the tongue... more
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to stop talking about something, especially because it is embarrassing someone
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To stop talking, or to not say anything: fall silent, hush, dry up, falter, clam up, shut up, hold your tongue, keep your mouth shut, bite your tongue/lip, let something drop/rest... more
9
to fail to win points in a game, competition, or test
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Scoring points and goals: aggregate, all, assist, attack, attack, blast, bury, chalk something up, concede, cushion... more
10
to say something in an informal or indirect way
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To mention something, or to be mentioned: mention, refer to, invoke, come up, raise, allude to, note, tell of, touch on, talk in terms of something... more
11
informal to end a relationship with someone, especially suddenly
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To end a friendship or relationship: defriend, break off, break up, leave, split up, cut off, fall out, finish with, drop, break with... more
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drop
or
drop away
if the ground drops, it slopes downwards
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What land does: rise, shift, erode, subside, fall away, drop... more
13
very informal to swallow an illegal drug, especially acid
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To buy or use illegal drugs: abuse, come down, deal, do, dope, drop, jack up, lace, mainline, OD... more

phrases

drop the ball
mainly American mainly journalism
to fail to do something that you are responsible for doing
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To make a mistake, or to do something badly: mess up, blunder, slip up, err, get something wrong, trip up, foul up, fall short, stumble, miss... more
drop dead
informal
1. 1
  to die suddenly and unexpectedly
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  To die or to be killed: die, pass away, suffocate, drown, starve, be killed outright, lose your life, lay down your life, drop dead, be cut off/cut down in your prime... more
2. 2
  used as an angry reply to someone who has said something that you do not like
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  Expressions showing anger and used in arguments: arguably, what has something (got) to do with...?, firstly, full stop, ha, hah, my, of course, pooh, pshaw... more
drop someone in it
British informal
to cause trouble for someone, especially by telling someone else that they have done something wrong
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To cause problems for someone or something: let down, hold back, embarrass, inhibit, burden, plague, inconvenience, disadvantage, throttle, put someone to trouble/bother/inconvenience... more
drop someone a line/note
to write a short letter to someone
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To write something: write, set down, compose, dash off, copy down, transcribe, get down, scribble, note, put pen to paper... more
ready to drop
informal
to be very tired
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Tired: tired, exhausted, sleepy, weary, drowsy, fatigued, dozy, run-down, all in, on your last legs... more

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