to drop
- verb
- /drɑp/
- I will drop Banner off at the tower.
- drop off materials
- drop off yard trimmings
You might have someone dropping off your, your parcels.
- You might have someone dropping off your, your parcels.
- They were phoning me to drop off parcels to certain people.
- Now, we drop you in New York next week.
Examples
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They were phoning me to drop off parcels to certain people.
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We'll pick you up and drop you off.
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Just got a call to drop it off.
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I got a couple swear they gave a father and kid a ride and dropped them off here.
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Nothing better than dropping off a pretty girl at a rich guy's house.
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I just now remembered my son dropped me off here on his way to work.
Fiction book (1990) -
I could drop you off if you'd like.
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After visiting the site, Cotton offers to drop me off where I'm staying with relatives in Sugarland.
Academic text (2003) -
I'll drop you at the next gas station on my way to the airport.
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Don't forget to drop them off at the school before noon.
Synonyms
To take someone or something to a place and leave them there
Take things or people out of a vehicle like a truck
To leave people or things at a place from a vehicle
Take people or things out of a vehicle by unloading
To take goods off a vehicle or container
To take people or goods off a vehicle and leave them at a place
To take packages out of a truck
To take goods off a vehicle like a ship
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 Gentle
Surface Forms
Etymology
To drop someone at a place comes from the idea of setting them down from a vehicle, like letting them 'fall' off into that spot, so to drop someone is to leave them at a particular place.