to drop off

– B1-C1 (intermediate to advanced) –

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In Canadian and American English, this phrasal verb typically means:

  1. to use a vehicle to take someone to a place where you leave them

  2. (slang)

    to unexpectedly disappear from someone’s life

EXAMPLES

  1. (definition 1)

    “Parents often drop off their kids at school before going to work.”

  2. (definition 2)

    “I don’t know where he went. I haven’t seen him in months. He just dropped off out of nowhere.”


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