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drop across

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drop something across something
to let something fall in such a way that a span is bridged; to let something fall in such a way that a pathway is blocked. Let's drop a little rug across the threshold. They dropped a huge boulder across the road so no one could pass.
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drop across someone or something

[for something long or wide] to fall on and lay on someone or something. A snake dropped across the hood of the tourist bus as it passed under a tree. As I lay sleeping, a ceiling panel dropped across me and woke me up.
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Mahmudiyah lies in the "the triangle of death," a region once known for its extreme violence although the violence has now ebbed following a recent overall drop across the country.
One might correctly assume that the bond itself will exhibit negligible resistance, so that the flow of current I will create no voltage drop across the junction.
Time to shop until you drop across the Atlantic, the U.
 
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