to drop
- verb
- /drɑp/
- The decision by the Truman administration to drop the bombs illustrates self-interest going astray.
- drop out of school
- drop a course
- drop out of college
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Watch on YouTubeAnd he also says, maybe we should drop politics, right?
- And he also says, maybe we should drop politics, right?
- How do you know when it's time to drop your course?
- To make the transition from hard copy, just drop it or what?
Examples
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How do you know when it's time to drop your course?
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Look, let's just drop this, okay?
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And he also says, maybe we should drop politics, right?
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So, boys, if we stand back, would we please drop the wrong answers?
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One survey was administered to the students who dropped out of the program during the first year.
Academic text (2015) -
I can't just drop everything to be with you.
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Ronald Reagan was elected president, and the Republican Party dropped equal rights from its platform.
Academic text (1999) -
Males were more likely than females to drop out of high school or college and work toward achievements.
Academic text (2011) -
One possibility may be that Hispanic adolescents drop out of school at considerably higher rates.
Academic text (2008) -
After careful consideration, I decided to drop my plans for a vacation to focus on my studies.
Synonyms
To go away from a place, person, or group
To remove something from a place or container
To move something or someone away from a place
To stop doing a habit or activity like smoking
Move away from someone, or stop taking part in something
To not include someone or something
To stop taking part in a place or activity
To leave a course, competition or group before finishing
To abandon a person, plan, or thing suddenly
To stop being involved in an activity or agreement
Stop doing something, often when it is annoying
Leave an activity or agreement you had joined
Make someone leave a job or group because of a problem
To tell people to leave a meeting or room
Leave out something, for example a name, on purpose or by accident
To not go to a class or meeting on purpose
To stop something that is happening or being given
To make a person or group stop taking part in something
Not include someone or something in a list
No longer planned or scheduled
To leave something out on purpose
To make someone leave quickly to show they are not wanted
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A very small amount that does not help with a much larger problem
- Texting
Finish speaking or performing in a confident, impressive way that needs no reply
- Offensive
Become vulnerable to sexual attack in prison, often used as a grim joke or warning
- Offensive
Say the rude word 'fuck', often in a situation where it surprises or offends people
- Informal
To prepare for a real fight or, informally, to stop fighting and start working together
Phrasal Verbs
To move to a position behind other players, for example to prepare a pass or to help defend
- Slang
To end a speech or comment with an impressive move to show nothing more is needed
- Specialized
To stop using some parts of a machine learning model at random during training so it learns better
Compounds
- Specialized
An area where supplies or soldiers are dropped from a plane by parachute
- Jargon
A secret place where people leave messages or items for others to collect without meeting
- Specialized
A list of options that appears below a menu item so you can choose one
- Specialized
A loss of electrical pressure when current goes through a wire or part of a circuit
- Specialized
A soft shot in tennis that lands just over the net and drops quickly, hard to reach
- Slang
An impressive ending to a speech or performance that shows nothing more needs saying
- Australian
A fake dangerous animal Australians joke about that falls from trees onto people to scare tourists
- Specialized
A large curtain hung above the stage that lowers to make background scenery
- Specialized
A fin under a sailboat that you raise or lower to stop the boat sliding sideways
- Specialized
A large curtain that people lower from above to make a background on a stage
- Jargon
A moment when a song starts in a film or show that makes the scene more powerful
How Complete
Surface Forms
Etymology
To drop something from speech or a list is like letting a part 'fall' away, as if a letter or word falls out, so to drop is to leave out or stop using something.