to drop
- verb
- /drɑp/
- During the meeting, she dropped her formal tone and spoke more casually to connect with her team.
- voice dropped
- dropped to a whisper
- demeanor dropped
So we learn how to shift and drop into this, this flow that is intended.
- So we learn how to shift and drop into this, this flow that is intended.
- What are the things that you say that help you drop into heart mode?
- Do the hard work of plugging your holes or chase the next thing that drops you into flow.
Examples
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But the minute they are in his office, Jeremiah's friendly demeanor drops like a mask.
Fiction book (2001) -
Napoleon's eyes widened and his jaw dropped in the moment of recognition.
Fiction book (1995) -
Well, the first step is to drop in one bright color.
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What are the things that you say that help you drop into heart mode?
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Rainey had a mother's sense for her child, knowing when he had dropped into sleep.
Fiction book (1997) -
For one word, her voice dropped into its husky, confidential register.
Fiction book (1993) -
Typically, when a man wishes another man good day, he smiles while facing the other person; but once he passes by, the smile drops from his face.
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Derek looks at the oblivious cops and drops into the passenger's seat.
Fiction book (1998) -
Tim sensed that his jaw had dropped and consciously closed it around the rim of his glass.
Fiction book (1995) -
To improve your skills, you need to drop any negative thoughts and focus on the positives.
Synonyms
Fall suddenly and steeply from a high place or in amount
To fall or drop suddenly from a higher to a lower place
Become less in number, amount, or quality
To fall from a higher place to a lower place
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 Abrupt
Surface Forms
Etymology
To drop into a tone or style is like suddenly 'falling' into it, so to drop into technical language or a different accent means to change quickly into that way of speaking.