drop (one) a note To send one a letter or message. I always try to drop Janet a note around her birthday so that she knows I’m thinking of her. See also: drop, note.

Definition of drop someone a line : to write someone a letter Drop me a line sometime. drop (someone) a line. idiom (2) Definition of drop (someone) a line (Entry 2 of 2) : to send (someone) a brief note or message Drop me a line while you’re away.

adjective Spectacularly or sensationally striking, impressive, or awe-inspiring. Used before a noun. In this usage, if is often hyphenated. To flaunt his success, he always shows up in a flashy car with a drop-dead beauty in the passenger seat.

Definition of drop (Entry 2 of 2) intransitive verb. 1 : to fall in drops. 2a(1) : to fall (see fall entry 1 sense 1a) unexpectedly or suddenly The book dropped from her hand. (2) : to descend (see descend sense 1) from one line or level to another the land drops to sea level.

drop (one) a line To contact someone, usually with a letter, note, or phone call.

Correspond, write a short letter or note. For example, I hope you’ll drop me a line soon. This idiom uses line in the sense of a few words in writing, a usage first recorded in 1647.

1. verb, slang To end one’s friendship with someone. verb, slang To punch someone and cause them to fall down. …

We each understood the drop-dead importance of absolute privacy. The boys are all young, well-hung, and drop dead gorgeous. If he didn’t, he was likely to drop dead during his furious tirades against the Bread Tax.

She is drop-dead gorgeous and knows it. The weather is miserable, but the scenery is still drop-dead gorgeous. And she’s drop-dead gorgeous with a body to match. I have a big thing for her too, as she is drop-dead gorgeous.

Drop sentence example. She let her head drop back and sighed. She hoped he’d drop the subject, that they could start over. He saw his sister drop after the strike of a sword.

If you want someone to drop the subject, drop it, or let it drop, you want them to stop talking about something, often because you are annoyed that they keep talking about it.

The drop part of the idiom drop a line is a usage dating back to at least 1769 meaning To let (a letter or note) fall into the letter-box; hence, to send (a note, etc.) in a casual or informal way. (OED) (I will drop a line as often as I can, John Quincy Adams, 1777).

1. verb, slang To end one’s friendship with someone. … verb, slang To punch someone and cause them to fall down.

Definition of (go) jump in a/the lake used as an angry way to tell someone to go away I was so mad at him that I told him to go jump in the lake.

According to the Free Dictionary, dropping someone a line means sending them a short message.

If something is right up your alley, it is the kind of thing you like or know about. This should be right up my alley but, despite the film’s special effects, I found it rather boring. I thought this little problem would be right up your alley. Note: You can also say that something is right down your alley.

Today we take a look at the idiom keep an eye on. Definition. To watch closely or carefully. To watch over attentively; mind.

noun (2) Definition of dropline (Entry 2 of 2) : a newspaper headline employing lines of equal length with each lower line indented a consistent number of spaces more than the line above.

The act of someone ordering you to do Push-Ups. 1.

1. verb, slang To end one’s friendship with someone. … verb, slang To kill someone or something.

A dead drop or dead letter box is a method of espionage tradecraft used to pass items or information between two individuals (e.g., a case officer and an agent, or two agents) using a secret location. … This method stands in contrast to the live drop, so-called because two persons meet to exchange items or information.

In this page you can discover 24 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for drop-dead, like: give-up-the-ghost, ravishingly, succumb, die, buy-the-farm, croak, die suddenly, die unexpectedly, kick-the-bucket, pop off and decease.

A drop-dead date is a firm deadline set in a contract or agreement that if unmet will result in some form of consequences.

admirable, adorable, alluring, angelic, appealing, beauteous, bewitching, captivating, charming, classy, comely, cute, dazzling, delicate, delightful, divine, elegant, enthralling, enticing, excellent, exquisite, fair, fascinating, fetching, fine, foxy, good-looking, gorgeous, graceful, grand, handsome, ideal, inviting …

• elegant,
• exquisite,
• glorious,
• Junoesque,
• magnificent,
• resplendent,
• splendid,
• statuesque,

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