Meaning

8 senses
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive)To fall asleep.

    After two glasses of whiskey, Tom soon dropped off in front of the television.

    wegtreten, wegdämmern, abfallen

    па́датьpádatʹ, упа́стьupástʹ

    fall or diminish

  2. (US, especially, idiomatic, transitive)To deliver; to deposit or leave; to allow passengers to alight.

    Can you drop the kids off at school?

    I'll drop off your books when I see you tonight.

    abliefern, abgeben, ablegen

    доставля́тьdostavljátʹ

  3. To fall off:

    (also, figuratively, transitive)To drop from, fall from.

    The leaves were slowly dropping off the tree.

    fall to a lower standard

  4. (also, figuratively, intransitive)To drop, fall.

    The leaves hung on until the end of November, then dropped off quickly.

  5. (figuratively, intransitive)To end a connection with a telephone queue, either by hanging up or after being served or processed.

    As soon as a caller drops off, we'll have an open line and maybe you can reach us then.

  6. (intransitive)To lessen or reduce.

    Near-synonyms: taper off, dwindle

    Sales have dropped off in recent months.

    sinken, absinken, senken

  7. (dated, intransitive, slang)To die.

  8. (slang)To abandon or give up on (something); to be abandoned or given up on.

    My lawyer said some of those charges will be dropped off.

    If you ignore them, the fees won't just drop off.

Examples

232 sentences
  1. Please drop me off at the station.

    Висадіть мене біля вокзалу, будь ласка. — deniko

    ruВысадите меня у вокзала, пожалуйста. — corvard

    deBitte setze mich am Bahnhof ab. — Wolf

  2. Tom dropped his son off at school.

    Том відвіз сина до школи. — deniko

  3. Where do you want me to drop you off?

    Де мені тебе висадити? — deniko

    ruГде тебя высадить? — JeNNeR

  4. I dropped Tom off at daycare.

    Я відвів Тома до дитячого садку. — deniko

  5. One of her shoes dropped off.

    ruОдна из её туфель слетела. — Ivanovb

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to fall:
to deliver; to deposit or leave; to allow passengers to alight:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
drift off, fall asleep:
to fall:
to deliver; to deposit or leave; to allow passengers to alight:
to lessen, reduce:

Forms

drops off, dropping off, dropped off, dropped off
Base formdrop off · to drop off
3rd person singulardrops off
Present participledropping off
Past simpledropped off
Past participledropped off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydrop off
he, she, itdrops off

Past simpleLesson

all personsdropped off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave dropped off
he, she, ithas dropped off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill drop off

Phrasal verbs

9 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

29 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relateddrop-off

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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