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drop names and drop someone's name

to mention a name or the names of important or famous people as if they were personal friends. (See also drop someone's name.) Mary always tries to impress people by dropping the name of some big-time executives she claims to know. Bill's such a snob. Leave it to him to drop the names of all the local gentry.

See also: drop, name

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Without naming any country he said some had agreed to President Hamid Karzai's request to drop names of some militants from blacklists of wanted suspects, provided they accept Afghanistan's constitution. Negotiations with Taliban in progress: Hamidzada by Pajhwok Afghan News (Kabul, Afghanistan) They talk about achievements, drop names, and let you know where they stand in the company hierarchy. Do You Make This Mistake Recruiting Women? by Kim Klaver / Advertising, marketing, public relations community It's old-fashioned goodtime fun as Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn drop names in the uptempo Johnny Cash Junkie (Buck Owens Freak) then slow things down for The Ballad Of Jerry Jeff Walker, on which the man himself guests. play: folk & roots; BROOKS & DUNN Cowboy Town (Sony BMG) by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)			drop a line drop a line and drop a few lines; drop a note drop across drop around drop away drop back drop behind drop below drop by the wayside drop dead Drop dead! drop down drop drawers drop everything drop from drop guard drop in Drop in sometime drop in the bucket drop in tracks drop into drop into lap drop like a hot brick drop like a hot potato drop like flies drop names drop off drop on drop out drop out of drop out of sight drop over drop teeth drop the ball drop the other shoe Drop the subject! drop up drop-dead drop-dead date drop-dead gorgeous dropping drove drown drown in drown out drown sorrows drown troubles drug drum drum into drum on			drop kicks Drop Knee Drop lake Drop Landing Zone drop leaf Drop Leaf Table drop letter drop letter drop letter drop like a hot brick drop like a hot potato drop like flies drop like flies drop like flies drop like flies drop like flies drop like ninepins drop like ninepins drop line Drop lock Drop lock drop log Drop Me A Line Drop me in the middle Drop me in the middle drop message drop model of nucleus drop molding Drop My Rights drop name drop names Drop noseband Drop noseband Drop noseband drop of a sail drop off drop off drop off drop off drop off drop off Drop Off Point drop off the map drop on Drop On Demand Drop On Ground - Telephone Drop on Request drop on the floor drop one's serve drop open drop ornament drop out drop out drop out drop out drop out drop out Drop Out Generator drop out of drop out of sight drop over

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