drop like flies

Speech parts

1. drop like flies - Verb

2. drop like flies - Phrase

Meaning

rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers

Source: WordNet

Antonyms

are live exist breathe be be alive
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Hypernyms

collapse break down

Examples

Looking through family photographs now is like watching an episode of 'Dad's Army.' My relatives seem to drop like flies around me. Who's next? Will it be someone I can't stand? Matt Roper

the contestants dropped like flies when the thermometer hit one hundred degrees Source: Internet

Words in the phrase

drop like flies

Close letter words and terms

drop like a bad habit drop like a hot brick drop like a hot potato drop line drop litter drop lock