Drop
verb
To let something fall.
She accidentally dropped her glasses on the floor.
verb
To decrease in amount or intensity.
The temperature is expected to drop considerably tonight.
verb
To deliver or deposit (someone or something) at a particular place.
Please drop these letters at the post office.
noun
A small quantity of liquid that hangs or falls.
I felt a drop of rain on my face.
verb
To stop discussing or considering.
Let's drop the matter for now.
noun
A vertical or steep descent.
The cliff has a sheer drop of 500 feet.
verb
To end a relationship or affiliation with.
He was dropped from the team due to his poor performance.
noun
In electronics, a decrease in voltage.
A voltage drop can indicate a problem in the circuit.
verb
In music, to release a new album or single.
The band is set to drop their new album next week.
verb
To let something fall.
She accidentally dropped her glasses on the floor.
verb
To decrease in amount or intensity.
The temperature is expected to drop considerably tonight.
verb
To deliver or deposit (someone or something) at a particular place.
Please drop these letters at the post office.
noun
A small quantity of liquid that hangs or falls.
I felt a drop of rain on my face.
verb
To stop discussing or considering.
Let's drop the matter for now.
noun
A vertical or steep descent.
The cliff has a sheer drop of 500 feet.
verb
To end a relationship or affiliation with.
He was dropped from the team due to his poor performance.
noun
In electronics, a decrease in voltage.
A voltage drop can indicate a problem in the circuit.
verb
In music, to release a new album or single.
The band is set to drop their new album next week.
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Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
Often implies an accident or mistake.
I dropped my phone in shock.
Pro Tip 2/2Intentional Dropping
Can also mean releasing something on purpose.
Drop the anchor here.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
Often implies an accident or mistake.
I dropped my phone in shock.
Pro Tip 2/2Intentional Dropping
Can also mean releasing something on purpose.
Drop the anchor here.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Action
Often implies an accident or mistake.
I dropped my phone in shock.
Pro Tip 2/2Intentional Dropping
Can also mean releasing something on purpose.
Drop the anchor here.
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What does my headscarf...
or maybe just drop into your local refugee tutoring center. Or perhaps you work at an office. Take out that new grad who looks totally out of place -- 'cause that was me -- and open doors for them, not in a tokenistic way, because we're not victims, but show them the opportunities because opening up your world
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Catching up with...
sharing my story with a lot of people on the world yes being in really exciting experiment for me because a lot of people sometimes when I go up they come up to me that I i completely like dropped out of school but once i had like a story i was able to go back to school to finishing up with my degree
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Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
also emphasizes the worldliness of the merchant class, and the pearl itself, a symbol of wealth, is actually an exaggeration. Vermeer couldn't have afforded a real pearl of its size. It was likely just a glass or tin drop varnished to look like a pearl.
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Can you solve the...
You can't touch the instruments or in any way communicate what you find to the others. No marking the boxes, shouting, nothing. If each one of you can find your own instrument, then you can play tonight. Otherwise, the label is dropping you.
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Getting started as a DJ:...
Now, what I'm going to do after this drops is change it into another song. One of the most important things about dance music is really the drop, so I'm going to change it into another song and really catch you by surprise.
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Surf Sisters - Ep. 2 PIPE...
And then it recycles, right? And it's like, I can go there and touch my grief, and it's not gonna be forever in that super hot, teary moment. It finishes and it gets cycled back. You are the entire ocean in one drop.
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What makes the Great...
When raiders were sighted, fire and smoke signals traveled between towers until reinforcements arrived. Small openings along the wall let archers fire on invaders, while larger ones were used to drop stones and more.
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The Dangers of Being a...
The poison jets from hypodermic fangs. The lions are lucky, one drop in the eye would blind them for life.
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
catching but it seems he needs to do more generously she drops him a hint
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The Bowerbird's Grand...
Generously, she drops him a hint.
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What does my headscarf...
or maybe just drop into your local refugee tutoring center. Or perhaps you work at an office. Take out that new grad who looks totally out of place -- 'cause that was me -- and open doors for them, not in a tokenistic way, because we're not victims, but show them the opportunities because opening up your world
Video examples
Catching up with...
sharing my story with a lot of people on the world yes being in really exciting experiment for me because a lot of people sometimes when I go up they come up to me that I i completely like dropped out of school but once i had like a story i was able to go back to school to finishing up with my degree
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Why is Vermeer's "Girl...
also emphasizes the worldliness of the merchant class, and the pearl itself, a symbol of wealth, is actually an exaggeration. Vermeer couldn't have afforded a real pearl of its size. It was likely just a glass or tin drop varnished to look like a pearl.
Video examples
Can you solve the...
You can't touch the instruments or in any way communicate what you find to the others. No marking the boxes, shouting, nothing. If each one of you can find your own instrument, then you can play tonight. Otherwise, the label is dropping you.
Video examples
Getting started as a DJ:...
Now, what I'm going to do after this drops is change it into another song. One of the most important things about dance music is really the drop, so I'm going to change it into another song and really catch you by surprise.
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Surf Sisters - Ep. 2 PIPE...
And then it recycles, right? And it's like, I can go there and touch my grief, and it's not gonna be forever in that super hot, teary moment. It finishes and it gets cycled back. You are the entire ocean in one drop.
Video examples
What makes the Great...
When raiders were sighted, fire and smoke signals traveled between towers until reinforcements arrived. Small openings along the wall let archers fire on invaders, while larger ones were used to drop stones and more.
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The Dangers of Being a...
The poison jets from hypodermic fangs. The lions are lucky, one drop in the eye would blind them for life.
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
catching but it seems he needs to do more generously she drops him a hint
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The Bowerbird's Grand...
Generously, she drops him a hint.
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Ed Sheeran
English Musician
I'd like to have kids and a wife, and you know, drop them off at school and like, do normal things rather that constantly being on tour. Because I'm young now and I haven't really got a social life. This is all I do. It's the best job in the world, but I'll get to the point where there's more to life than work.
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Harry Styles
English Musician
One time, a girl dropped her phone in my pocket and I found it and was like, 'There you go.' And she said, 'If you'd had my phone, you'd have had to meet up with me to give it back.
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Erma Bombeck
American Journalist
One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.
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Norman Vincent Peale
American Clergyman
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
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Flume
Australian Musician
This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.
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Jehane Noujaim
Egyptian Director
I'll continue making films because I love being able to drop into other people's worlds. My goal is to be constantly learning.
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Gus Van Sant
American Director
Sometimes, the people who are helping you can drop the ball.
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Gabriel Iglesias
American Comedian
Comedy is my passion. I'm going to do this until I drop.
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Mohamed ElBaradei
Egyptian Scientist
I cannot bear the responsibility for one drop of blood.
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Tierra Whack
American Musician
The phone started ringing when I dropped 'Whack World.
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Ed Sheeran
English Musician
I'd like to have kids and a wife, and you know, drop them off at school and like, do normal things rather that constantly being on tour. Because I'm young now and I haven't really got a social life. This is all I do. It's the best job in the world, but I'll get to the point where there's more to life than work.
Quote examples
Harry Styles
English Musician
One time, a girl dropped her phone in my pocket and I found it and was like, 'There you go.' And she said, 'If you'd had my phone, you'd have had to meet up with me to give it back.
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Erma Bombeck
American Journalist
One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.
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Norman Vincent Peale
American Clergyman
Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously.
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Flume
Australian Musician
This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.
Quote examples
Jehane Noujaim
Egyptian Director
I'll continue making films because I love being able to drop into other people's worlds. My goal is to be constantly learning.
Quote examples
Gus Van Sant
American Director
Sometimes, the people who are helping you can drop the ball.
Quote examples
Gabriel Iglesias
American Comedian
Comedy is my passion. I'm going to do this until I drop.
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Mohamed ElBaradei
Egyptian Scientist
I cannot bear the responsibility for one drop of blood.
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Tierra Whack
American Musician
The phone started ringing when I dropped 'Whack World.
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