DROP IN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drop in mean? 

• DROP IN (verb)
  The verb DROP IN has 1 sense:

1. visit informally and spontaneously

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DROP IN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Visit informally and spontaneously

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

come by; drop by; drop in

Context example:

We frequently drop by the neighbors' house for a cup of coffee

Hypernyms (to "drop in" is one way to...):

call; call in; visit (pay a brief visit)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

This new result shows that low levels of methane within Gale Crater repeatedly peak in warm, summer months and drop in the winter every year.

(NASA Finds Ancient Organic Material, Mysterious Methane on Mars, NASA)

Allergies can be life-threatening when they cause anaphylaxis, an extreme reaction with constriction of the airways and a sudden drop in blood pressure.

(Scientists discover immune cell subtype in mice that drives allergic reactions, National Institutes of Health)

Yes; once, while she was staying in this house, I happened to drop in for ten minutes; and I saw quite enough of her.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

This is an extremely powerful vasodilator that, together with other molecules, produces a drop in blood pressure in the patient and decreased blood-flow to the tissues.

(New study sheds fresh light on the genetic mechanisms involved in sepsis, the leading cause of death in ICUs, University of Granada)

Opposite to the effect of PTH, Calcitonin induces a rapid drop in blood calcium and phosphate level by promoting bone incorporation.

(Calcitonin, NCI Thesaurus)

“No, she hasn’t got a sportin’ drop in her veins,” said Harrison.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Simon is a hard and perilous man when he hath the bitter drop in him; and, by my hilt! he was born for war, for there is little sweetness or rest in him.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The diet also produced a drop in the flow of blood to the brain, which they thought would be the cause of the dementia symptoms.

(Pathogenic tau and cognitive impairment are precipitated by a high-salt diet, National Institutes of Health)

That reflects a 21 percent drop in the incidence of between 2010 and 2015.

(Malaria-carrying Mosquitoes Becoming Resistant to Bed Nets in Southern Africa, VOA)

He started me off upon the letter A, and then he left me; but he would drop in from time to time to see that all was right with me.

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