to drop in for coffee
- phrasal verb
- Informal
:
pasar a tomar café
- Feel free to drop in for coffee whenever you're in the neighborhood.
Examples
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After their meeting, they decided to drop in for coffee to catch up.
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Feel free to drop in for coffee anytime!
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We often drop in for coffee at Jenny's place on Sundays.
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Can you drop in for coffee tomorrow?
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My neighbor often drops in for coffee on Saturday mornings.
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She enjoys when friends drop in for coffee unexpectedly during the week.
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If you would like to chat, feel free to drop in for coffee anytime.
Synonyms
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1.0
To have a romantic relationship with someone
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1.0
To go to a place to greet someone when they arrive
506
3.9
Visit someone at home without calling first
494
2.5
To make a short visit to a person or place
206
2.5
To visit someone or a place for a short time without planning
72
3.6
Visit someone without arranging it first
50
2.3
To go to someone's home or another place for a short time
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2.8
Pay a short, often unplanned visit to someone
How Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is compositionally built from an informal phrasal verb 'drop in' (to visit briefly) plus the purpose phrase 'for coffee', so the overall sense—visiting someone briefly to have coffee—is directly recoverable from the parts. The structure (brief visit + purpose) is a common cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would very likely infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Drop in for coffee comes from the simple image of someone dropping in—making a short, casual visit—and sitting down to share a cup of coffee, so it means 'to visit someone informally for a short time'.