drop away
drop away · drops away · dropped away · dropping away
помилятися, помилитися, сковзатися
ошибаться, ошибиться, поскользнуться
ausrutschen, sich im Ton vergreifen, schlüpfen
To become less or fewerTo become less or fewer.
» The floor is so uneven that the quarter I dropped just rolled away.
Meaning
1 sensesTo become less or fewer.
More definitions
- fall to a lower standard
Examples
1 sentencesThe floor is so uneven that the quarter I dropped just rolled away.
Forms
drops away, dropping away, dropped away, dropped away| Base form | drop away · to drop away |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | drops away |
| Present participle | dropping away |
| Past simple | dropped away |
| Past participle | dropped away |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
9 phrasal verbs- drop offзаснути, засипатиTo fall asleep.
- drop outпосваритисяTo leave (school, a race, etc.) prematurely and voluntarily.
- drop downупустити, упускатиTo sail, move, or row down a coast, or down a river to the sea.
- drop backпереслідувати, тягтиOf a quarterback or other player in the backfield, to take a number of steps back from the line of scrimmage immediately after the snap or hike of the ball, to avoid defenders.
- drop awayпомилятися, помилитисяTo become less or fewer.
- drop inUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, in.
- drop intoSynonym of lay into (“beat up or attack”).
- drop byTo visit informally and spontaneously.
Synonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb