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Drop off

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To fall asleep. idiomatic, intransitive

    "After two glasses of whiskey, Tom soon dropped off in front of the television."

  2. 2
    change from a waking to a sleeping state wordnet
  3. 3
    To deliver; to deposit or leave; to allow passengers to alight. US, especially, idiomatic, transitive

    "Can you drop the kids off at school?"

  4. 4
    fall or diminish wordnet
  5. 5
    To fall off:; To drop from, fall from. also, figuratively, transitive

    "The leaves were slowly dropping off the tree."

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  1. 6
    fall to a lower standard wordnet
  2. 7
    To fall off:; To drop, fall. also, figuratively, intransitive

    "The leaves hung on until the end of November, then dropped off quickly."

  3. 8
    retreat wordnet
  4. 9
    To end a connection with a telephone queue, either by hanging up or after being served or processed. figuratively, intransitive

    "As soon as a caller drops off, we'll have an open line and maybe you can reach us then."

  5. 10
    remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave wordnet
  6. 11
    To lessen or reduce. intransitive

    "Near-synonyms: taper off, dwindle"

  7. 12
    To die. dated, intransitive, slang
  8. 13
    To abandon or give up on (something); to be abandoned or given up on. slang

    "My lawyer said some of those charges will be dropped off."

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