drop by

Speech parts

1. drop by - Noun

2. drop by - Verb

3. drop by - Phrase

Meaning

visit informally and spontaneously

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

drop-by

Synonyms

drop in come by call hit stop visit call on look up call in come around pop in come over stop by come round pay a visit

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Antonyms

shun avoid ignore neglect evade disregard

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Hypernyms

call visit call in

Examples

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God. Aeschylus

We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over. Ray Bradbury

You can't just turn your heart off like a faucet; you have to go to the source and dry it out, drop by drop. Sarah Dessen

Drop by drop - a whole lake becomes. Bulgarian Proverb

Drop by drop would make a lake. Azerbaijani Proverb

A river is made drop by drop. Afghan Proverb

Words in the phrase

drop by

Close letter words and terms

drop biscuit drop box drop box loom drop by the wayside drop cake drop cap