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drop off

verb 9
drop-off noun 7
forms 4

verb9

To fall off.
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To deliver; to deposit or leave; to allow passengers to alight.
- Can you drop the kids off at school?
- I'll drop off your books when I see you tonight.
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To lessen or reduce.
- Sales have dropped off in recent months.
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To fall asleep.
- After two glasses of whiskey, Tom soon dropped off in front of the television.
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To drop from, fall from.
- The leaves were slowly dropping off the tree.
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To drop, fall.
- The leaves hung on until the end of November, then dropped off quickly.
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(figurative) To end a connection with a telephone queue, either by hanging up or after being served or processed.
- As soon as a caller drops off, we'll have an open line and maybe you can reach us then.
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(slang) To abandon or give up on (something); to be abandoned or given up on.
- My lawyer said some of those charges will be dropped off.
- If you ignore them, the fees won't just drop off.
(slang, old-fashioned) To die.

drop-off noun7

A sudden downward slope or cliff.
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A decrease; especially, a sudden one.
- There has been an unexplained drop-off in sales this quarter.
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A delivery; the act of leaving a package, etc.
- Starting tomorrow, they'd do dropoffs and pickups instead of leaving their vehicles unguarded. — 2014
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A time during which passengers, such as school children, are dropped off; the event or act of dropping them off.
- These signs are friendly reminders for road users to slow down during drop-off and pick-up. — 2021
The precipitous outer side of a coral reef, facing the open sea.
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(Internet) A visitor to a website who ceases to continue using and navigating around the site after reaching some specified page; or such an act of cessation.
- We're seeing a lot of drop-offs on the shop product pages; why aren't people making purchases?
A space reserved outside a bus or railway station for vehicles stopping to drop off passengers for onward transit.

forms

dropped off · dropping off · drops off · drop-offs

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