DROP A LINE

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does drop a line mean? 

• DROP A LINE (verb)
  The verb DROP A LINE has 1 sense:

1. communicate (with) in writing

  Familiarity information: DROP A LINE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DROP A LINE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Communicate (with) in writing

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

drop a line; write

Context example:

Write her soon, please!

Hypernyms (to "drop a line" is one way to...):

correspond (exchange messages)

Verb group:

write (communicate or express by writing)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s to somebody

 Context examples 

I’ll lock it up in my strong box now and drop a line to the Countess to say that we have it.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)