verb · transitive · common

drop call

drop call · drop calls · drop called · drop calling

To contact someone by telephone and then hang up right after the call has connectedTo contact someone by telephone and then hang up right after the call has connected.

Meaning

1 senses

To contact someone by telephone and then hang up right after the call has connected.

Origin

Compare drop (“to come to an end; to stop”) as in the call dropped.

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Forms

drop calls, drop calling, drop called, drop called

Base form	drop call · to drop call
3rd person singular	drop calls
Present participle	drop calling
Past simple	drop called
Past participle	drop called

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	drop call
he, she, it	drop calls

Past simpleLesson

all persons

drop called

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have drop called
he, she, it	has drop called

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will drop call

Word family

1 related words

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Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle