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[drop a line]  {v. phr.}

To write someone a short letter or note.

[drop back]  {v.}

To move or step backwards; retreat.

The soldiers dropped back before the enemy's attack.

The quarterback dropped back to pass the football.

Compare: [DRAW BACK], [FADE BACK], [FALL BACK].

[drop by] or [stop by]  {v.}

1. or [drop around]

To make a short or unplanned visit; go on a call or errand; stop at someone's home.

Drop by any time you're in town.

Mv sister dropped around last night.

* /Don't forget to stop by at the gas  […]

[drop by the wayside]

See: [FALL BY THE WAYSIDE].

[drop dead]  {v.},  {slang}

To go away or be quiet; stop bothering someone. — Usually used as a command,

"Drop dead!" Bill told his little sister when she kept begging to help him build his model airplane.

* /When Sally bumped into Kate's desk and  […]

[drop in]  {v.}

To make a short or unplanned visit; pay a call. — Often used with "on".

We were just sitting down to dinner when Uncle Willie dropped in.

The Smiths dropped in on some old friends on their vacation trip to New York.

Syn.: [DROP  […]

[drop in the bucket]  {n. phr.}

A relatively small amount; a small part of the whole.

[drop name]  {v. phr.}

To impress people by mentioning famous names.

[drop off]  {v.}

1. To take (someone or something) part of the way you are going.

Joe asked Mrs. Jones to drop him off at the library on her way downtown.

2. To go to sleep.

Jimmy was thinking of his birthday party as he dropped off to sleep.  […]

[drop out]  {v.}

To stop attending; quit; stop; leave.

In the middle of the race, Joe got a blister on his foot and had to drop out.