drop someone or something off (some place)
- drop someone or something off (some place)
drop someone or something off† (some place)
1. Lit. to let someone or a group out of a vehicle at a particular place; to deliver someone or something some place. •
Let's drop these shirts off at the cleaners.
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Let's drop off Tom and Jerry at the hamburger joint.
2. Fig. to give someone or a group a ride to some place. •
Can I drop you off somewhere in town?
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I dropped off the kids at the party.
Dictionary of American idioms.
2013.
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