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To fall down.

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Usage examples (44)
  • The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.
  • It was a miracle that he survived the drop from that height
  • There was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery
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  • Will the "drupe" (fleshy fruit having a single hard stone that encloses a seed) "drop" (the act of falling; descent) from the tree, or just make the limb "droop" (to bend downward; to hang) with weight?
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