Synonyms for drop over
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : drop |
| Phonetic Transcription : drɒp |
Top 10 synonyms for drop over Other synonyms for the word drop over
Définition of drop over
Origin :- Old English dropa "a drop of liquid," from Proto-Germanic *drupon (cf. Old Saxon dropo, Old Norse dropi, Dutch drop, Old High German tropfo, German Tropfen (n.)), from PIE *dhreu-.
- Meaning "an act of dropping" is from 1630s; of immaterial things (prices, temperatures, etc.) from mid-19c. Meaning "lozenge, hard candy" is 1723. Meaning "secret place where things can be left illicitly and picked up later" is from 1931.
- Drop in the bucket (late 14c.) is from Isa. ix:15 [KJV]. At the drop of a hat "suddenly" is from 1854; drop-in "casual visit" is 1819; drop-kick is 1857. To get the drop on someone originally was Old West gunslinger slang (1869).
- As in visit : verb be a guest of
- “Drop over the chain at that point,” curtly ordered the engineer.
- Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
- It needed only a few seconds to drop over the performer, to burn and smother him.
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Motor-boat » by Victor Appleton
- And I'd be proud to have you drop over to visit me now and then too.
- Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- Some of us, either Rob, or Beth and I will drop over every day.
- Extract from : « Our Next-Door Neighbors » by Belle Kanaris Maniates
- Just drop over to Bombay and buy him a package of cigarettes!
- Extract from : « McAllister and His Double » by Arthur Train
- "It is defiled," he said, looking at it regretfully and letting it drop over the rail.
- Extract from : « Caravans By Night » by Harry Hervey
- Just drop over into the cockpit and see if you can see any hole in the bottom.
- Extract from : « The River Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence » by Harry Gordon
- It would be simple to drop over the wall to its paved courtyard.
- Extract from : « Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 » by Various
- I clean forgot, but I expect I'll drop over to the ranch for it some day.
- Extract from : « Wyoming, a Story of the Outdoor West » by William MacLeod Raine
- Where'd you be, if he took a drop over and above, and had a fancy to go for you?
- Extract from : « The Invisible Man » by H. G. Wells
Antonyms for drop over
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