Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
take the drop — to be killed by hanging From the scaffold: He s as good as taken the drop already. (G. Greene, 1934) To take a drop means regularly to drink alcohol … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
take a drop — {v. phr.} 1. To indulge in alcoholic drinks. * /Aunt Liz doesn t really drink; she just takes a drop every now and then./ 2. To lose value; decrease in price. * /Stocks took a big drop yesterday due to the international crisis./ … Dictionary of American idioms
take\ a\ drop — v. phr. 1. To indulge in alcoholic drinks. Aunt Liz doesn t really drink; she just takes a drop every now and then. 2. To lose value; decrease in price. Stocks took a big drop yesterday due to the international crisis … Словарь американских идиом
drop — [n1] globule bead, bit, bubble, crumb, dab, dash, dewdrop, driblet, drip, droplet, iota, molecule, morsel, nip, ounce, particle, pearl, pinch, sip, smidgen, speck, splash, spot, taste, tear, teardrop, trace, trickle; concepts 467,468 drop [n2]… … New thesaurus
drop off — [v1] decrease decline, diminish, dwindle, fall away, fall off, lessen, sag, slacken, slide, slip, slump; concepts 698,776 Ant. go up, increase, rise drop off [v2] deliver deposit, give, hand over, leave, let off, present, set down, unload;… … New thesaurus
drop — [[t]drɒ̱p[/t]] ♦♦ drops, dropping, dropped 1) V ERG If a level or amount drops or if someone or something drops it, it quickly becomes less. [V prep/adv] Temperatures can drop to freezing at night... [V prep/adv] Once the rate rises it never… … English dictionary
drop — [[t]drɒp[/t]] n. v. dropped, drop•ping 1) a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; liquid globule 2) the quantity of liquid contained in such a globule 3) a very small quantity of liquid 4) a minute… … From formal English to slang
drop — n. & v. n. 1 a a small round or pear shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface (drops of dew; tears fell in large drops). b a very small amount of usu. drinkable liquid (just a drop left in the glass). c a glass etc. of … Useful english dictionary
Drop Dead Diva (season 3) — Drop Dead Diva Season 3 Country of origin USA No. of episodes 13 Broadcast Original channel Lifetime … Wikipedia
Drop shipping — is a supply chain management technique in which the retailer does not keep goods in stock, but instead transfers customer orders and shipment details to either the manufacturer or a wholesaler, who then ships the goods directly to the customer.… … Wikipedia
