to drop down
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1.8
- phrasal verb
- /drɑp daʊn/
:
caer
- Dale sang a fast, energetic song, his voice swinging up high and dropping down low.
- drop down to one knee
- drop down 200 feet
- drop down from the sky
Yeah, if you don't medal, are you dropping down on one knee?
- Yeah, if you don't medal, are you dropping down on one knee?
- If you do that high up, then the particles won't just drop down but stay there for a couple of years.
- Think of when you're on a plane and the oxygen mask may drop down.
- Check out the honey button drops down and all you have to do is click apply coupon.
- The rivers would flow with a wine and roasted turkeys would kind of drop down on the plate.
- And so we thought it'd be fun to have Herman drop down, right, and say like, oh, hi, Grandpa.
Examples
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The bird will drop down from the tree when it sees a predator.
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Smoke starts streaming from its belly, its nose drops down, and it starts a slow fall to the right.
Fiction book (1990) -
All right, so now we are officially about to drop down into the hole.
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There you go All right, so drop down, shoulders back.
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Drop down to 20 miles an hour.
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Later in the week, the heat drops down over the city like a net.
Fiction book (1990) -
If this is challenging for you, drop down onto that bottom knee.
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And we just dropped down off the side of the mountain, descending on the shortest line possible, which is the most direct line down.
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He decided to drop down onto the ground to avoid the falling branches.
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You need to drop down to a lower level before you can access the basement.
Synonyms
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1.0
Move or drop down from a higher to a lower place
∞
1.0
To let something fall suddenly or by accident
358
1.0
To move down physically or emotionally, often when tired
321
1.9
To become less in amount, size, or value
250
1.0
Suddenly move from a standing position to the ground or a lower level
221
2.8
To become lower, for example temperature or prices
184
3.5
To become worse or fall to a lower level
150
2.7
Move from a higher to a lower place
93
5.8
Fall suddenly and steeply from a high place or in amount
83
3.8
To fall or drop suddenly from a higher to a lower place
41
2.7
To move down at an angle
31
2.5
To flow down a surface like water on a window
12
1.4
Liquid falls in small drops down a surface
7
5.4
To fall suddenly, for example by tripping or by losing value
4
4.2
To fall or flow quickly in large amounts like a waterfall
3
3.4
To slope downward toward a lower level
2
3.3
To become less over time
Antonyms
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to fall or move to a lower position' is directly compositional from 'drop' (to let fall) + 'down' (to a lower level); the verb+particle pattern transparently indicates downward motion. This is a common, predictable construction in English (and mirrored in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The phrasal verb drop down gives a simple image: something is let go (drop) and moves lower (down). So, like a leaf falling or a person quickly lowering themselves to hide, it means 'to fall' or 'move to a lower place'.