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
And 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 move something or someone away from a place
To remove something from a place or container
To stop doing a habit or activity like smoking
To not go to a class or meeting on purpose
To stop taking part in a place or activity
Move away from someone, or stop taking part in something
To not include someone or something
To abandon a person, plan, or thing suddenly
To leave a course, competition or group before finishing
To stop being involved in an activity or agreement
To tell people to leave a meeting or room
Leave an activity or agreement you had joined
Leave out something, for example a name, on purpose or by accident
To stop something that is happening or being given
Make someone leave a job or group because of a problem
To make a person or group stop taking part in something
Not include someone or something in a list
To make someone leave quickly to show they are not wanted
Stop doing something, often when it is annoying
To leave something out on purpose
No longer planned or scheduled
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A very small amount that does not help with a much larger problem
- Offensive
Become vulnerable to sexual attack in prison, often used as a grim joke or warning
- Texting
Finish speaking or performing in a confident, impressive way that needs no reply
- 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
- Specialized
To stop using some parts of a machine learning model at random during training so it learns better
- Slang
To end a speech or comment with an impressive move to show nothing more is needed
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 soft shot in tennis that lands just over the net and drops quickly, hard to reach
- Specialized
A loss of electrical pressure when current goes through a wire or part of a circuit
- 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 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
- Specialized
A large curtain hung above the stage that lowers to make background scenery
- 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.