Let's drop a little rug across the threshold.
•They dropped a huge boulder across the road so no one could pass.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
drop — 1 verb FALL/ALLOW TO FALL 1 (T) to stop holding or carrying something so that it falls: I must have dropped my scarf on the bus. | The dog dropped a stick at George s feet. 2 FALL (I) to fall suddenly, especially from a high place: A bottle… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Across the Universe (film) — Infobox Film name = Across the Universe caption = Theatrical release poster director = Julie Taymor producer = Jennifer Todd Suzanne Todd Charles Newirth writer = Julie Taymor Dick Clement Ian La Frenais starring = Evan Rachel Wood Jim Sturgess… … Wikipedia
drop — /drɒp / (say drop) noun 1. a small quantity of liquid which falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule. 2. the quantity of liquid contained in such a mass. 3. a. a very small quantity of liquid. b. a small drink,… …
Across the Sea of Suns — infobox Book | name = Across the Sea of Suns title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of first edition (hardcover) author = Gregory Benford illustrator = cover artist = Dick Dismukes (1994 reprint) country = United States language =… … Wikipedia
Leg drop — A leg drop or legdrop refers to an attack used in professional wrestling in which an attacking wrestler will jump and land his leg across a fallen opponent s chest, throat, face or head or in some cases, the groin/lower abdominal… … Wikipedia
Oil drop experiment — Millikan s setup for the oil drop experiment The oil drop experiment was an experiment performed by Robert Millikan and Harvey Fletcher in 1909 to measure the elementary electric charge (the charge of the electron). The experiment entailed… … Wikipedia
Pro-drop language — Linguistic typology Morphological Isolating Synthetic Polysynthetic Fusional Agglutinative Morphosyntactic Alig … Wikipedia
drag-and-drop — UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms drag and drop : present tense I/you/we/they drag and drop he/she/it drags and drops present participle dragging and dropping past tense dragged and dropped past participle dragged and dropped computing to move … English dictionary
drag-and-drop — UK US verb [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they drag and drop he/she/it drags and drops present participle dragging and dropping past tense … Useful english dictionary
drag-and-drop — verb transitive COMPUTING to move something across a computer screen using the MOUSE and place it where you want it to be … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
back·drop — /ˈbækˌdrɑːp/ noun, pl drops [count] 1 : a painted cloth that is hung across the back of a stage 2 : the scene or scenery that is in the background The mountains provided a perfect backdrop for the wedding photos. 3 : the setting or conditions… … Useful english dictionary
