1 decline, decrease, diminish, dwindle, fall off, lessen, slacken
2 allow to alight, deliver, leave, let off, set down
3 (informal) catnap, doze (off), drowse, fall asleep, have forty winks (informal) nod (off), snooze (informal)
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drop
n
1 bead, bubble, driblet, drip, droplet, globule, pearl, tear
2 dab, dash, mouthful, nip, pinch, shot (informal) sip, spot, taste, tot, trace, trickle
3 abyss, chasm, declivity, descent, fall, plunge, precipice, slope
4 cut, decline, decrease, deterioration, downturn, fall-off, lowering, reduction, slump
vb
5 dribble, drip, fall in drops, trickle
6 decline, depress, descend, diminish, dive, droop, fall, lower, plummet, plunge, sink, tumble
7 abandon, axe (informal) cease, desert, discontinue, forsake, give up, kick (informal) leave, quit, relinquish, remit, terminate
8 (informal) disown, ignore, jilt, reject, renounce, repudiate, throw over
9 (sometimes with)
off deposit, leave, let off, set down, unload
drop in (on)
blow in (informal) call, call in, go and see, look in (on), look up, pop in (informal) roll up (informal) stop, turn up, visit
drop off
1 decline, decrease, diminish, dwindle, fall off, lessen, slacken
2 allow to alight, deliver, leave, let off, set down
3 (informal) catnap, doze (off), drowse, fall asleep, have forty winks (informal) nod (off), snooze (informal)
drop out
abandon, back out, cop out (slang) fall by the wayside, forsake, give up, leave, quit, renege, stop, withdraw
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drop
( drops plural & 3rd person present) ( dropping present participle) ( dropped past tense & past participle )
1 verb If a level or amount drops or if someone or something drops it, it quickly becomes less.
Temperatures can drop to freezing at night… V prep/adv
His blood pressure had dropped severely… V
He had dropped the price of his London home by £1.25m. V n
Drop is also a noun., n-count usu sing, oft N in n
He was prepared to take a drop in wages…
2 verb If you drop something, you accidentally let it fall.
I dropped my glasses and broke them. V n
3 verb If something dropsonto something else, it falls onto that thing. If something dropsfrom somewhere, it falls from that place.
He felt hot tears dropping onto his fingers… V prep/adv
4 verb If you drop something somewhere or if it drops there, you deliberately let it fall there.
Drop the noodles into the water… V n prep/adv
…shaped pots that simply drop into their own container… V prep/adv
Bombs drop round us and the floor shudders. V
♦
dropping n-uncount usu N of n
…the dropping of the first atomic bomb.
5 verb If a person or a part of their body drops to a lower position, or if they drop a part of their body to a lower position, they move to that position, often in a tired and lifeless way.
Nancy dropped into a nearby chair… V prep/adv
She let her head drop… V
He dropped his hands on to his knees. V n prep/adv
6 verb To drop is used in expressions such as to be about to drop and to dance until you drop to emphasize that you are exhausted and can no longer continue doing something.
no cont (emphasis)
She looked about to drop… V
7 verb If a man drops his trousers, he pulls them down, usually as a joke or to be rude.
A couple of boozy revellers dropped their trousers. V n
8 verb If your voice drops or if you drop your voice, you speak more quietly.
Her voice will drop to a dismissive whisper… V to n
He dropped his voice and glanced round at the door. V n
9 verb If you drop someone or something somewhere, you take them somewhere and leave them there, usually in a car or other vehicle.
He dropped me outside the hotel… V n prep/adv
Drop off means the same as drop., phrasal verb
Just drop me off at the airport… V n P prep/adv
He was dropping off a late birthday present. V P n (not pron)
10 verb If you drop an idea, course of action, or habit, you do not continue with it.
The prosecution was forced to drop the case… V n
♦
dropping n-uncount N of n
This was one of the factors that led to President Suharto’s dropping of his previous objections.
11 verb If someone is dropped by a sports team or organization, they are no longer included in that team or employed by that organization.
usu passive
The country’s captain was dropped from the tour party to England. be V-ed
12 verb If you drop a game or part of a game in a sports competition, you lose it.
Oremans has yet to drop a set. V n
13 verb If you drop to a lower position in a sports competition, you move to that position.
Britain has dropped from second to third place in the league. V prep/adv
14 n-count A dropof a liquid is a very small amount of it shaped like a little ball. In informal English, you can also use drop when you are referring to a very small amount of something such as a drink.
oft N of n
…a drop of blue ink…, I’ll have another drop of that Italian milk.
15 n-plural Drops are a kind of medicine which you put drop by drop into your ears, eyes, or nose.
oft n N
…eye drops.
16 n-count Fruit or chocolate drops are small round sweets with a fruit or chocolate flavour.
usu pl, n N
17 n-count You use drop to talk about vertical distances. For example, a thirty-foot drop is a distance of thirty feet between the top of a cliff or wall and the bottom of it.
usu with supp
There was a sheer drop just outside my window…
18 If you drop a hint, you give a hint or say something in a casual way.
♦
drop a hint phrase V inflects
If I drop a few hints he might give me a cutting.
19 If you want someone to drop the subject, drop it, or let it drop, you want them to stop talking about something, often because you are annoyed that they keep talking about it.
♦
drop the subject/drop it/let it drop phrase V inflects
Mary Ann wished he would just drop it…
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air drop
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to drop dead
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dead
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at the drop of a hat
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hat
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a drop in the ocean
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ocean drop by phrasal verb If you drop by, you visit someone informally.
She and Danny will drop by later… V P
He dropped by my office this morning. V P n drop in phrasal verb If you drop inon someone, you visit them informally, usually without having arranged it.
Why not drop in for a chat?… V P
She spent most of the day dropping in on friends in Edinburgh. V P on n drop off
2 phrasal verb If you drop off to sleep, you go to sleep.
INFORMAL I must have dropped off to sleep… V P to sleep
Just as I was dropping off, a strange thought crossed my mind. V P
3 phrasal verb If the level of something drops off, it becomes less.
(=fall)
Sales to the British forces are expected to drop off… V P drop out
1 phrasal verb If someone drops outof college or a race, for example, they leave it without finishing what they started.
He’d dropped out of high school at the age of 16… V P of n
She dropped out after 20 kilometres with stomach trouble. V P
2 phrasal verb If someone drops out, they reject the accepted ways of society and live outside the usual system., (disapproval)
She encourages people to keep their jobs rather than dropping out to live in a commune. V P
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drop-out
air drop ( air drops plural & 3rd person present) ( air dropping present participle) ( air dropped past tense & past participle ) , airdrop, air-drop
1 n-count An air drop is a delivery of supplies by aircraft to an area that is hard to get to. The supplies are dropped from the aircraft on parachutes.
2 verb If a country or organization air drops supplies to a place, it drops supplies there from aircraft.
drop-dead
If you describe someone as, for example, drop-dead gorgeous, you mean that they are so gorgeous that people cannot fail to notice them.
INFORMAL adv ADV adj
She said that Campbell-Black was drop-dead gorgeous…
Drop-dead is also an adjective., adj ADJ n
…the drop-dead glamour of the designer decade.
drop goal ( drop goals plural ) In rugby, a drop goal is a goal that a player scores by dropping the ball and kicking it between the posts. n-count
drop-in
Drop-in centres or services provide information and help for people with particular problems, usually on a free and informal basis. adj ADJ n
…a drop-in centre for young mothers.
drop-out ( drop-outs plural ) , dropout
1 n-count If you describe someone as a drop-out, you disapprove of the fact that they have rejected the accepted ways of society, for example by not having a regular job., (disapproval)
2 n-count A drop-out is someone who has left school or college before they have finished their studies.
…high-school drop-outs.
3 adj If you refer to the drop-out rate, you are referring to the number of people who leave a school or college early, or leave a course or other activity before they have finished it.
ADJ n
The drop-out rate among students is currently one in three.
name-drop ( name-drops 3rd person present) ( name-dropping present participle) ( name-dropped past tense & past participle ) If you say that someone name-drops, you disapprove of them referring to famous people they have met in order to impress people. verb
(disapproval)
The assistant carried on talking to his mate, name-dropping all the famous riders he knew… V n
I must stop saying everyone famous is a good friend. It sounds as if I’m name-dropping. V
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name-dropping n-uncount
One can do a lot of name-dropping with names of the school’s parents. President Nixon sent his daughters there.
Translation English Cobuild Collins Dictionary
drop ( drops plural & 3rd person present) ( dropping present participle) ( dropped past tense & past participle )
1 verb If a level or amount drops or if someone or something drops it, it quickly becomes less.
Temperatures can drop to freezing at night… V prep/adv
His blood pressure had dropped severely… V
He had dropped the price of his London home by £1.25m. V n
Drop is also a noun., n-count usu sing, oft N in n
He was prepared to take a drop in wages…
2 verb If you drop something, you accidentally let it fall.
I dropped my glasses and broke them. V n
3 verb If something dropsonto something else, it falls onto that thing. If something dropsfrom somewhere, it falls from that place.
He felt hot tears dropping onto his fingers… V prep/adv
4 verb If you drop something somewhere or if it drops there, you deliberately let it fall there.
Drop the noodles into the water… V n prep/adv
…shaped pots that simply drop into their own container… V prep/adv
Bombs drop round us and the floor shudders. V
♦
dropping n-uncount usu N of n
…the dropping of the first atomic bomb.
5 verb If a person or a part of their body drops to a lower position, or if they drop a part of their body to a lower position, they move to that position, often in a tired and lifeless way.
Nancy dropped into a nearby chair… V prep/adv
She let her head drop… V
He dropped his hands on to his knees. V n prep/adv
6 verb To drop is used in expressions such as to be about to drop and to dance until you drop to emphasize that you are exhausted and can no longer continue doing something.
no cont (emphasis)
She looked about to drop… V
7 verb If a man drops his trousers, he pulls them down, usually as a joke or to be rude.
A couple of boozy revellers dropped their trousers. V n
8 verb If your voice drops or if you drop your voice, you speak more quietly.
Her voice will drop to a dismissive whisper… V to n
He dropped his voice and glanced round at the door. V n
9 verb If you drop someone or something somewhere, you take them somewhere and leave them there, usually in a car or other vehicle.
He dropped me outside the hotel… V n prep/adv
Drop off means the same as drop., phrasal verb
Just drop me off at the airport… V n P prep/adv
He was dropping off a late birthday present. V P n (not pron)
10 verb If you drop an idea, course of action, or habit, you do not continue with it.
The prosecution was forced to drop the case… V n
♦
dropping n-uncount N of n
This was one of the factors that led to President Suharto’s dropping of his previous objections.
11 verb If someone is dropped by a sports team or organization, they are no longer included in that team or employed by that organization.
usu passive
The country’s captain was dropped from the tour party to England. be V-ed
12 verb If you drop a game or part of a game in a sports competition, you lose it.
Oremans has yet to drop a set. V n
13 verb If you drop to a lower position in a sports competition, you move to that position.
Britain has dropped from second to third place in the league. V prep/adv
14 n-count A dropof a liquid is a very small amount of it shaped like a little ball. In informal English, you can also use drop when you are referring to a very small amount of something such as a drink.
oft N of n
…a drop of blue ink…, I’ll have another drop of that Italian milk.
15 n-plural Drops are a kind of medicine which you put drop by drop into your ears, eyes, or nose.
oft n N
…eye drops.
16 n-count Fruit or chocolate drops are small round sweets with a fruit or chocolate flavour.
usu pl, n N
17 n-count You use drop to talk about vertical distances. For example, a thirty-foot drop is a distance of thirty feet between the top of a cliff or wall and the bottom of it.
usu with supp
There was a sheer drop just outside my window…
18 If you drop a hint, you give a hint or say something in a casual way.
♦
drop a hint phrase V inflects
If I drop a few hints he might give me a cutting.
19 If you want someone to drop the subject, drop it, or let it drop, you want them to stop talking about something, often because you are annoyed that they keep talking about it.
♦
drop the subject/drop it/let it drop phrase V inflects
Mary Ann wished he would just drop it…
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air drop
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to drop dead
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dead
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at the drop of a hat
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hat
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a drop in the ocean
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ocean drop by phrasal verb If you drop by, you visit someone informally.
She and Danny will drop by later… V P
He dropped by my office this morning. V P n drop in phrasal verb If you drop inon someone, you visit them informally, usually without having arranged it.
Why not drop in for a chat?… V P
She spent most of the day dropping in on friends in Edinburgh. V P on n drop off
2 phrasal verb If you drop off to sleep, you go to sleep.
INFORMAL I must have dropped off to sleep… V P to sleep
Just as I was dropping off, a strange thought crossed my mind. V P
3 phrasal verb If the level of something drops off, it becomes less.
(=fall)
Sales to the British forces are expected to drop off… V P drop out
1 phrasal verb If someone drops outof college or a race, for example, they leave it without finishing what they started.
He’d dropped out of high school at the age of 16… V P of n
She dropped out after 20 kilometres with stomach trouble. V P
2 phrasal verb If someone drops out, they reject the accepted ways of society and live outside the usual system., (disapproval)
She encourages people to keep their jobs rather than dropping out to live in a commune. V P
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drop-out
air drop ( air drops plural & 3rd person present) ( air dropping present participle) ( air dropped past tense & past participle ) , airdrop, air-drop
1 n-count An air drop is a delivery of supplies by aircraft to an area that is hard to get to. The supplies are dropped from the aircraft on parachutes.
2 verb If a country or organization air drops supplies to a place, it drops supplies there from aircraft.
drop-dead
If you describe someone as, for example, drop-dead gorgeous, you mean that they are so gorgeous that people cannot fail to notice them.
INFORMAL adv ADV adj
She said that Campbell-Black was drop-dead gorgeous…
Drop-dead is also an adjective., adj ADJ n
…the drop-dead glamour of the designer decade.
drop goal ( drop goals plural ) In rugby, a drop goal is a goal that a player scores by dropping the ball and kicking it between the posts. n-count
drop-in
Drop-in centres or services provide information and help for people with particular problems, usually on a free and informal basis. adj ADJ n
…a drop-in centre for young mothers.
drop-out ( drop-outs plural ) , dropout
1 n-count If you describe someone as a drop-out, you disapprove of the fact that they have rejected the accepted ways of society, for example by not having a regular job., (disapproval)
2 n-count A drop-out is someone who has left school or college before they have finished their studies.
…high-school drop-outs.
3 adj If you refer to the drop-out rate, you are referring to the number of people who leave a school or college early, or leave a course or other activity before they have finished it.
ADJ n
The drop-out rate among students is currently one in three.
name-drop ( name-drops 3rd person present) ( name-dropping present participle) ( name-dropped past tense & past participle ) If you say that someone name-drops, you disapprove of them referring to famous people they have met in order to impress people. verb
(disapproval)
The assistant carried on talking to his mate, name-dropping all the famous riders he knew… V n
I must stop saying everyone famous is a good friend. It sounds as if I’m name-dropping. V
♦
name-dropping n-uncount
One can do a lot of name-dropping with names of the school’s parents. President Nixon sent his daughters there.
Translation English Cobuild Collins Dictionary
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! mic drop |
exp. |
This term means leaving a discussion after you achieve an absolute victory |
[Fig.] E.g.: My presentation was so successful. It was the ultimate mic drop. |
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drop a bomb |
exp. |
make a sensational announcement |
[Fig.] E.g.: Today’s newspapers dropped a bomb about the President’s past. |
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drop into one’s lap |
exp. |
(about a positive event/situation) happen out of the blue, without any effort from the impacted persons |
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at the drop of a hat |
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without any hesitation, delay or preparation ; instantly ; at the slightest signal/urging/pretext/provocation |
Note: Probably alludes to the late 19th century common practice of signaling the start of a race or other contest by either dropping a hat or sweeping it in a rapid downward motion. Ex.: Call Mike if you need help; he can come at the drop of a hat / He was known for his generosity and kindness but when things were going wrong at work, he could turn nasty at the drop of a hat |
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! pop off |
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telling someone to fight you.»do sth !» |
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wave off
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wave hand as a sign of rejection, disapproval or lack of interest |
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live off
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to depend on something or on someone to cover the basic expenses |
E.g.: He lived off the money he inherited from his father while he had been working as a volunteer. |
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all bets are off |
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expression meaning that a situation is no longer certain or predictable and that anything can happen |
originating from horse racing where «all bets are off» indicated that bets already made were null due to various unpredicted factors |
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live off the grid |
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live without being connected to one of more public utilities (such as water, electric power) |
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fly off the handle |
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become very angry ; lose one’s temper |
[Fam.] Ex.: She kept a cool head as he was saying all kinds of mean and horrors about her but when he said her Chinese crested dog was ugly, it was the match in the powder barrel and she just flew off the handle |
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wait for the other shoe to drop |
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wait for something, usually linked to a previous event, to happen; expect something that can not be avoided to happen |
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LMFAO |
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laughing my fucking ass off |
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put smb. off the scent |
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mislead someone; deliberately provide wrong information to forbid someone from knowing the truth |
E.g.: They are no longer in town, but hey left their car in front of the house just to put everybody off the scent. |
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hit it off (with someone) |
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get well with someone from the very beginning of the relationship |
used when referring to romantic relationship, but also in a larger meaning: He hit it off with his teacher; he will continue taking classes with her. |
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bite off more than one can chew |
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to attempt or take on a task that is way to big and beyond one’s capability |
I wonder if that craftsman will be able to fulfil the three commitments he took on at the same time; in my opinion he bites off more than he can chew! |
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give (sb) the (middle) finger |
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make an obscene and offensive gesture at someone by closing one’s fist and extending one’s middle finger upwards, interpreted as»Sod off!»; [US] flip (sb) off / flip (sb) the bird |
Ex.: he has an unfortunate tendency and somewhat dangerous habit of giving the finger to motorists who cut in front of him. |
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slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling offnoun
a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
«the team went into a slump»; «a gradual slack in output»; «a drop-off in attendance»; «a falloff in quality»
Synonyms:
slackness, economic crisis, falloff, slack water, cliff, morass, drop, depression, falling off, quag, lessening, mire, decrease, quagmire, slack, slump -
cliff, drop, drop-offnoun
a steep high face of rock
«he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town»; «a steep drop»
Synonyms:
falloff, driblet, bead, drop cloth, lessening, cliff, drop, falling off, free fall, pearl, dip, fall, decrease, slack, slump, drib, drop curtain -
decrease, lessening, drop-offverb
a change downward
«there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided»; «there was a sharp drop-off in sales»
Synonyms:
drop, falloff, lessening, falling off, slack, decrease, slump, reduction, decrement, cliff, step-down, diminution -
drop offverb
fall or diminish
«The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test»
Synonyms:
flake out, nod off, slip, fall asleep, put down, drop away, doze off, discharge, fall behind, fall back, lose, set down, drop, fall away, drift off, recede, drop off, drowse off, unload, dope off -
fall asleep, dope off, flake out, drift off, nod off, drop off, doze off, drowse offverb
change from a waking to a sleeping state
«he always falls asleep during lectures»
Synonyms:
flake out, nod off, slip, fall asleep, put down, drop away, doze off, discharge, fall behind, fall back, lose, set down, drop, fall away, drift off, recede, drop off, drowse off, unload, dope off -
drop, drop off, set down, put down, unload, dischargeverb
leave or unload
«unload the cargo»; «drop off the passengers at the hotel»
Synonyms:
fall back, drowse off, eject, strike down, fall behind, empty, unload, put down, exonerate, send away, drop down, deteriorate, cast, enter, offload, miss, drop away, spend, omit, throw away, nod off, exculpate, doze off, dangle, destroy, land, muster out, fire, throw off, get down, expend, overleap, unlade, lay, fall asleep, flatten, exhaust, cut down, dribble, place down, overlook, knock off, devolve, dispatch, leave out, demean, repose, go off, shed, complete, sink, shake off, bring down, pretermit, write down, acquit, free, disgrace, drop off, neglect, recede, fell, cast off, disembark, drift off, degenerate, throw, lose, set down, release, dope off, dismiss, expel, assoil, degrade, drop, flake out, discharge, debark, fall away, record, clear, send packing, drip, swing, slip, take down -
fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recedeverb
retreat
Synonyms:
unload, fall asleep, misplace, lose, draw back, mislay, drop off, retire, withdraw, retreat, turn a loss, lapse, fall away, drift off, dope off, relapse, recidivate, fall back, dawdle, pull away, drop away, recur, fall behind, resort, set down, recede, put down, doze off, move back, nod off, regress, drop, suffer, discharge, miss, drowse off, retrogress, lag, pull back, slip, flake out -
slip, drop off, drop away, fall awayverb
get worse
«My grades are slipping»
Synonyms:
slide, recede, steal, nod off, sneak, slew, fall asleep, slue, discharge, fall off, skid, put down, slip one’s mind, drop away, fall behind, drowse off, lose, slip, doze off, drop, luxate, dislocate, splay, fall back, flake out, drop off, fall away, set down, drift off, mistake, unload, err, dope off
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Shweta Kurvey-Mishra:
What we don’t want is for people to start an application and drop off because it’s really cumbersome, we’ve had to be creative and change the way we attract and source candidates, but also… once we bring them in, what can we do to ensure that we are retaining them.
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Adam Twidell:
The runway appears, framed in the island’s rugged outline as you approach. Depending on wind conditions, pilots can land on both ends of the 400-meter strip. It’s like landing on an aircraft carrier, with a deep drop-off into the sea.
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Chris Hollins:
The Governor’s suppressive tactics should not be tolerated, and tonight’s ruling shows that the law is on the side of( the) Texas voter, seniors and voters with disabilities across Harris County need these drop-off locations to deliver their mail ballots safely and conveniently during the global pandemic. We shouldn’t be playing politics with voters’ lives.
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Crystal Alvarez:
We are currently doing pool testing, which we do it once a week, with whatever students parents gave consent and nurses drop off the supplies, the students swab themselves, and then that is sent to the lab, and if one of the PCR tests ends up positive, then we rescreen those students with a rapid test.
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Richard Andrade:
You have your family to take care of and make sure you put food on the table and everything, they’re not going to miss a day out of work—or they might not be able to get away from their job to even stop by the county elections to drop off that ballot because they just don’t have that luxury.
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discharge, dope off, doze, doze off, drift, en.synonym.one, drift off, drop, drop away, drowse off, fall asleep, fall away, fall back, fall behind, flake out, lose, nap, nod, nod off, put down, recede, set down, sleep, slip, slumber, unload, cliff, decrease, falling off, falloff, lessening, en.synonym.one, slack, slump.
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• cache (noun)
- assets,
- nest egg,
- reserve,
- stockpile,
- supplies,
- plant,
- accumulation,
- hideout,
- fund,
- storehouse,
- repository,
- stake,
- treasure,
- hoard,
- kitty,
- shade,
- store.
• decline (noun)
- incline,
- loss,
- dip,
- declivity,
- slope,
- slip,
- hill,
- downturn,
- pitch,
- sag,
- depression,
- decrease,
- slump,
- lowering,
- slide,
- lapse.
• descent (noun)
- sinkings,
- fallings,
- downgrade,
- precipitation,
- settlement,
- cave in,
- droop,
- swoop,
- sinking,
- Prolapses,
- falling,
- plungings,
- Plunging,
- inclination,
- plummeting,
- tumble,
- topple,
- tailspin,
- crash,
- slant,
- coming down,
- declination,
- gradient,
- prolapse,
- fall,
- cave-ins,
- grade,
- header,
- sinkage,
- cave-in,
- plunge,
- landslide,
- coast.
• downslide (noun)
- dive,
- skid,
- downfall.
• drop-off (noun)
- doze off,
- fall away,
- falling off,
- lessening,
- recede,
- fall back,
- cliff,
- drop away,
- drift off,
- nod off,
- fall behind,
- flake out,
- slack,
- drowse off,
- fall asleep,
- falloff,
- lose.
• nosedive (noun)
- ebb,
- plummet,
- dwindling,
- spill,
- recession,
- belly flop,
- abatement,
- cut,
- diminution,
- reduction.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- hiding place,
- nosedive,
- downswing,
- downward slope,
- downtrend,
- worsening,
- change,
- geological formation,
- formation,
- treasury,
- decline,
- cache,
- slowdown,
- pratfalls,
- declension,
- lowerings,
- pratfall,
- alteration,
- fall-off,
- downslide,
- descent,
- modification,
- deterioration,
- nose dive,
- decline in quality,
- stash,
- drop joint,
- wealth.
• process (noun)
- drop-off.
• slowdown (noun)
- slackening,
- slow up,
- slow-up,
- stagnation,
- stoppage,
- decelerations,
- slowup,
- delay,
- freeze,
- strike,
- deceleration,
- retardation,
- arrest.
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Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words:
- drop.
• Other relevant words (noun):
- inactivity,
- lull,
- dip into,
- delivery,
- Quag,
- fall through,
- slackness,
- Nondelivery,
- tumble on,
- consignment,
- lap,
- remittance,
- Diminishment,
- pearl,
- attritional.
How to use «Drop-off» in context?
When you’re dropping off your child at daycare after school, you may feel relieved that the long day is almost over. But what you may not know is that dropping off your child at daycare can actually be a stressful experience.
For many parents, dropping off their child at daycare can feel like a race against the clock. Suddenly, the usually calm and orderly environment of the daycare can be turned into something frantic. Many parents feel like they are under pressure to get their child back to school on time, and they may feel rushed or pressured to make decisions about their child’s care.
Paraphrases for Drop-off:
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Forward Entailment
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Proper noun, singular
decline.
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Noun, singular or mass
decline, diminution.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
abandonment, delivery, depletion, discontinuation, dive, downturn, reduction, Deliveries, Disembarking.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
decrease, disembarkation, drop, fall, landing, Alighting.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Drop-off:
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n.
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process
decline in quality, declension, deterioration, worsening.
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process
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