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drop someone or something off (some place)
1. . Lit. to let someone or a group out of a vehicle at a particular place; to deliver someone or something some place. Let's drop these shirts off at the cleaners. Let's drop off Tom and Jerry at the hamburger joint. 2. Fig. to give someone or a group a ride to some place. Can I drop you off somewhere in town? I dropped off the kids at the party. See also: drop drop someone or something off something and drop someone or something off to let someone or something fall from something; to make someone or something fall from something. They dropped the feather off the top of the building. Jake dropped off a feather and it fell to the ground. See also: drop drop off 1. . Lit. [for a part of something] to break away and fall off. The car's bumper just dropped off—honest. I lifted boxes until I thought my arms would drop off. 2. Fig. to decline. Attendance at the meetings dropped off after Martin became president. Spending dropped off as the recession became worse. See also: drop drop off (to sleep) Fig. to go to sleep without difficulty; to fall asleep. I sat in the warm room for five minutes, and then I dropped off to sleep. After I've eaten dinner, I can drop off with no trouble at all. See also: drop drop off to go to sleep I must have dropped off during the show, because I don't remember how it ended. See also: drop drop off somebody/something also drop somebody/something off to leave someone or something at a particular place “Discovery†dropped off supplies and picked up an American astronaut who had spent four months on the space station. Parents drop their kids off at daycare early in the morning. See also: drop Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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