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droppedverbpast tense of drop to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionallyI dropped the fly ball drop the anchor depressed, lowered, threw, threw down flattened, floored, leveled(or levelled)knocked down, knocked over, struck down, toppledplopped, plunked down(or plonked down)bobbled, bungled, foozled, fumbledimmersed, sank(or sunk), submerged lifted, picked up, raised to go to a lower level especially abruptlyalthough they start out high, prices for home electronics eventually drop crashed, cratered, declined, descended, dipped, dived(or dove), fell, lowered, nose-dived, plummeted, plunged, sank(or sunk), skidded, tumbled abated, decreased, de-escalated, died (down), diminished, drooped, dwindled, ebbed, lessened, let up, moderated, subsided, tapered off, wanedreceded, retreated arose, ascended, lifted, mounted, rose, soared, spiked, upped accumulated, ballooned, built, burgeoned(also bourgeoned), enlarged, escalated, expanded, grew, increased, intensified, mushroomed, picked up, snowballed, swelled, waxed to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate enddrop what you're doing and come here broke, broke off, broke up, canned(slang), ceased, cut off, cut out, desisted (from), discontinued, ended, gave over, halted, knocked off, laid off, left off, packed (up or in), quit(also quitted), shut off, stopped completed, concluded, finishedclosed (down)deactivatedblockaded, blocked, dammed, delayed, detained, held, held back, hindered, impeded, kiboshed, obstructed, stemmedcalled, suspendedarrested, braked, checked, clamped down, reined (in), squashed, squelched, stamped, stanched(or staunched), stunted, suppressed, turned backpaused, stayed, suspendedabolished, aborted, annulled, demolished, destroyed, dissolved, killed, ruined, scuttled, snuffed had done with, put the kibosh on carried on, continued, followed through (with), kept up, ran onadvanced, proceeded, progressedactuated, drove, impelled, propelled, stirred to stop doing (something) permanentlyisn't it time you dropped that smoking habit and spent your money on better things? abandoned, discontinued, gave up, knocked off, laid off (of), packed (up or in), quit(also quitted) broke off, broke up, ceased, closed, concluded, ended, expired, finished, halted, left off, shut offpaused, tapered offthrew uprounded (off or out), terminated, wound up(also winded up), wrapped up had done (with), hung it up carried on, continued, kept, kept up, maintained ran on, wentheld on, hung in, hung on, persevered, persistedfollowed through (with)renewed, reopened, restarted, resumedpreserved, stayedbegan, commenced, started to lead or extend downwardthe cable car tracks can drop suddenly, so be sure to hang onto something declined, descended, dipped, fell, plunged, sank(or sunk) angled, canted, cocked, heeled, inclined, leaned, listed, reclined, slanted, sloped, tilted, tipped arose, ascended, climbed, mounted, rose, uprose, upswept, upturned evened, flattened, leveled(or levelled), planed, smoothed, straightened to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)drop that plan in favor of another abandoned, aborted, called, called off, canceled(or cancelled), cried off, recalled, repealed, rescinded, revoked, scrapped, scrubbed abrogated, annulled, invalidated, nullified, voided, wrote offrecanted, retracted, took back, withdrewcountermanded, reversed, rolled backbroke off, discontinued, ended, halted, stopped, terminatedheld back, interrupted, suspendedgave up, relinquished, surrendered continued, kept engaged, pledged, promisedbegan, commenced, initiated, startedtook on, took up, undertook to bring forth from the wombthe cow dropped her calf early this morning birthed(chiefly dialect), bore, delivered, had, mothered, produced laboredbred, multiplied, propagated, reproduced, spawnedbegot(also begat), fathered, generated, got, siredcalved, kidded, kindled, kittened, littered, pupped, whelped gave birth to aborted, lost, miscarried to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a falldropped the would-be mugger in his tracks with a single well-aimed blow bowled (down or over), downed, felled, floored, knocked down, knocked over, leveled(or levelled), mowed (down), prostrated kayoed, knocked out, KO'doverthrew, threw down, toppledbanged, bashed, belted, bludgeoned, clobbered, hammered, hit, jabbed, pasted, poked, pounded, punched, slammed, slapped, slogged, slugged, smacked, smote, socked, swatted, swiped, thumped, thwacked, walloped, whacked, whaled to fail to win, gain, or obtainthe local hockey team has dropped two out of the last three contests lost forfeited nailed (down), won conquered, prevailed (over), triumphed (over) to fall or let fall in or as if in dropsthe cold glass dropped condensation distilled, dribbled, dripped, trickled drizzled, sprinkledflowed, poured, ran(also chiefly dialectical run), rolled, streamedcascaded, guttered, riffled, rippledbled, exuded, oozed, seeped, weptdischarged gushed, spouted, spurted to hand over or use up in paymentI dropped $50 on these shoes disbursed, expended, forked (over, out, or up), gave, laid out, outlaid, paid, shelled out, spent lavished, rainedblew, dissipated, frittered (away), ran through, squandered, threw away, wasted cached, hoarded, laid up, savedacquired, earned, gained, garnered, made, procured, realized, secured, won to make reference to or speak about briefly but specificallyhe would ever so "casually" drop the names of celebrities he knew personally adverted (to), cited, instanced, mentioned, named, noted, noticed, quoted, referred (to), specified, touched (on or upon) alluded (to), hinted (at), implied, indicated, inferred, intended, intimated, suggestedpointed (out), signaled(or signalled), signifieddenominated, designatedindicatedbroached, brought up, interjected, interpolated, interposed, introducedinfiltrated, insinuated, wormedadvertised, announced, broadcast(also broadcasted), declared, proclaimed, pronounced, publicized, published, soundedclarified, cleared (up), elucidated, explained, explicated, spelled out disregarded, forgot, ignored, neglected, overlooked, overpassed, passed over, slighted to make smaller in amount, volume, or extentwith these icy road conditions, drivers should be dropping their speed abated, decreased, de-escalated, dented, depleted, diminished, downscaled, downsized, dwindled, eased, knocked down, lessened, lowered, reduced compressed, condensed, constricted, contractedabbreviated, abridged, clipped, cropped, curtailed, cut, cut back, cut down, docked, nicked, pared, pruned, retrenched, shortened, slashed, trimmed, truncated, whittleddeflated, shrank(or shrunk)minimizedmoderated, modified, modulated, qualified aggrandized, amplified, augmented, boosted, enlarged, escalated, expanded, increased, raised blew up, dilated, distended, inflated, swelledelongated, extended, lengthened, prolonged, protractedadded (to), complemented, supplementedenhanced, heightened, intensifiedredoubled to stop livingduring the Black Death people all over Asia and Europe were dropping like flies checked out, conked (out), croaked(slang), deceased, demised, departed, died, ended, exited, expired, fell, flatlined, kicked in(slang), kicked off(slang), parted, passed away, passed (on), pegged out(chiefly British), perished, popped off, stepped out, succumbed, went predeceasedconsumed, disappeared, dried up, faded, failed bit the dust, bought it(or bought the farm), gave up the ghost, kicked the bucket, snuffed it(British) breathed, lived came to, revivedlingeredexisted, subsisted, wasflourished, prospered, thrived(or throve) in 1915 |