drop : Idioms & Phrases

• a solution of the arsenite of potassa used for ague.

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• . See under Ague, Black.

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• verb drop (an object) from the air; unload from a plane or helicopter
  

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• (Bot.), a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beeches (Epiphegus Americana).

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• (Med.), vinegar of opium; a narcotic preparation consisting essentially of a solution of opium in vinegar.

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• noun half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers
  Bessera elegans.
  

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• noun a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat
  pastille; pastil; troche.
  

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• noun a drop used for the clandestine exchange of intelligence information
  
  • a dead drop avoids the need for an intelligence officer and a spy to be present at the same time

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• verb communicate (with) in writing
  write.
  
  • Write her soon, please!

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• verb secure a vessel with an anchor
  cast anchor; anchor.
  
  • We anchored at Baltimore

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• noun a blunt pointed arch drawn from two centers within the span
  

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• verb get worse
  drop away; slip; fall away.
  
  • My grades are slipping

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• verb take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in football
  
  • The defender dropped back behind his teammate
• verb to lag or linger behind
  hang back; trail; drag; get behind; drop back.
  
  • But in so many other areas we still are dragging

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• verb to lag or linger behind
  hang back; trail; drag; get behind; drop back.
  
  • But in so many other areas we still are dragging

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• noun biscuit made from dough with enough milk that it can be dropped from a spoon
  

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• verb visit informally and spontaneously
  drop by; come by.
  
  • We frequently drop by the neighbors' house for a cup of coffee

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• in small successive quantities; in repeated portions. "Made to taste drop by drop more than the bitterness of death." Burke.

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• verb give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
  quit; throw in; throw in the towel; chuck up the sponge; fall by the wayside; give up; drop by the wayside.
  
  • In the second round, the challenger gave up

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• noun a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
  drop cloth; drop.
  
• noun a large piece of cloth laid over the floor or furniture while a room is being painted
  

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• noun a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery
  drop cloth; drop.
  

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• . See Drop, n., #4 (d).

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• verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  decease; give-up the ghost; pop off; perish; die; buy the farm; snuff it; choke; pass away; expire; exit; croak; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk; cash in one's chips.
  
  • She died from cancer
  • The children perished in the fire
  • The patient went peacefully
  • The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102

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• verb fall or descend to a lower place or level
  drop; sink.
  
  • He sank to his knees

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• noun an earring with a pendant ornament
  eardrop; pendant earring.
  

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• noun device for making large forgings
  drop forge; drop hammer.
  

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• . (Mech.) (a) A forging made in dies by a drop hammer. (b) The process of making drop forgings.

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• noun device for making large forgings
  drop forge; drop hammer.
  

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• (Mech.), a hammer for forging, striking up metal, etc., the weight being raised by a strap or similar device, and then released to drop on the metal resting on an anvil or die.

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• verb visit informally and spontaneously
  drop by; come by.
  
  • We frequently drop by the neighbors' house for a cup of coffee

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• noun a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward
  centreboard; sliding keel; centerboard.
  

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• (Football), a kick given to the ball as it rebounds after having been dropped from the hands.

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• a pigment obtained from Brazil wood. Mollett.

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• a letter to be delivered from the same office where posted.

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• verb rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers
  
  • the contestants dropped like flies when the thermometer hit one hundred degrees

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• noun a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right
  stagger head; staggered head; stepped line; stephead; dropline.
  

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• verb fall or diminish
  
  • The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test
• verb change from a waking to a sleeping state
  drowse off; drift off; flake out; nod off; dope off; fall asleep; doze off.
  
  • he always falls asleep during lectures
• verb leave or unload
  unload; drop; put down; set down; discharge.
  
  • unload the cargo
  • drop off the passengers at the hotel
• verb retreat
  fall back; fall behind; recede; lose.
  
• verb get worse
  drop away; slip; fall away.
  
  • My grades are slipping

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• verb lose a game in which one is serving
  

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• verb open involuntarily
  fall open.
  
  • His mouth dropped open
  • Her jaw dropped

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• verb give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
  quit; throw in; throw in the towel; chuck up the sponge; fall by the wayside; give up; drop by the wayside.
  
  • In the second round, the challenger gave up
• verb withdraw from established society, especially because of disillusion with conventional values
  
  • She hasn't heard from her brother in years--he dropped out after moving to California
• verb leave school or an educational program prematurely
  
  • Many students drop out because they are not prepared for our challenging program

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• noun device for making large forgings
  drop forge; drop hammer.
  

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• (Mech.), a drop hammer; sometimes, a dead-stroke hammer; also called drop.

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• a drop curtain on which a scene is painted. See Drop, n., 4. (d).

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• noun a scone made by dropping a spoonful of batter on a griddle
  Scotch pancake; griddlecake.
  

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• . (Bot.) See the List under Glass.

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• . (Med.) See Amaurosis.

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• noun a soft return so that the tennis ball drops abruptly after crossing the net
  dink.
  

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• verb commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake
  goof; boob; sin; blunder.
  
  • I blundered during the job interview

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• noun an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops
  drop zone.
  

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• adverb extremely
  
  • she was drop-dead gorgeous

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• noun a menu of options that appears below the item when the computer user clicks on it
  

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• verb make the point after a touchdown with a dropkick
  dropkick.
  
• verb drop and kick (a ball) as it touches the ground, as for a field goal
  dropkick.
  

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• noun a hinged leaf on a table that can be raised and supported by a bracket
  

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• noun a table that has a drop-leaf to enlarge its surface
  

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• noun a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
  falling off; slump; slack; falloff.
  
  • the team went into a slump
  • a gradual slack in output
  • a drop-off in attendance
  • a falloff in quality
• noun a steep high face of rock
  drop; cliff.
  
  • he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town
  • a steep drop
• noun a change downward
  decrease; lessening.
  
  • there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided
  • there was a sharp drop-off in sales

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• noun a fee added for returning a rented car to a location different from the one where it was rented
  

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• noun a grass of the genus Sporobolus
  dropseed.
  

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• noun egg cooked in gently boiling water
  poached egg.
  

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• noun an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops
  drop zone.
  

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• noun a drop from an eye dropper
  eyedrop.
  
• noun a method of irrigating the eye used by ophthalmologists
  eyedrop.
  

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• one in which the hammer is raised for striking by the friction of revolving rollers which nip the hammer rod.

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• . See Wrist drop.

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• . See Friar's balsam, under Friar.

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• noun chloral hydrate in combination with alcohol; usually administered surreptitiously to make the drinker unconscious
  

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• noun a hard candy with lemon flavor and a yellow color and (usually) the shape of a lemon
  

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• a drop of vital blood. Byron.

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• noun the practice of casually mentioning important people in order to impress your listener
  
  • the hard thing about name-dropping is to avoid being too obvious about it

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• noun street names for heroin
  skag; thunder; hell dust; big H; smack; scag.
  

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• noun the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
  electric potential; potential difference; potential; voltage.
  

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Ru"pert's drop`

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1. A kind of glass drop with a long tail, made by dropping melted glass into water. It is remarkable for bursting into fragments when the surface is scratched or the tail broken; -- so called from Prince Rupert, nephew of Charles I., by whom they were first brought to England. Called also Rupert's ball, and glass tear.

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• (Naut.), to leave it astern in a race or a chase; to outsail it.

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• to fall or be left behind.
• (Naut.), to go astern of another vessel; to be left behind; to slacken the speed of a vessel so as to fall behind and to let another pass a head.

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• (Naut.), to sail, row, or move down a river, or toward the sea.

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• to fall asleep gently; also, to die. Colloq.

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• to end the tale, or close the performance.

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• to fall through; to come to naught; to fail.

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• (Med.), a morbid condition of the foot in which the toe is depressed and the heel elevated, as in talipes equinus. See Talipes.

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• noun a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing
  

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• (Med.), paralysis of the extensor muscles of the hand, affecting the hand so that when an attempt is made to hold it out in line with the forearm with the palm down, the hand drops. It is chiefly due to plumbism. Called also hand drop.

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