drop off

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drop off

My father will drop off the package at the post office.

Definition

  1. Verb (Intransitive):

    • To decrease in amount, intensity, or quality: To become less or to decline.
    • To fall asleep or transition into sleep: To enter a state of sleep.
    • To fall behind or become detached: To fall from a higher position or to become separated.

  2. Verb (Transitive):

    • To deliver or leave someone or something at a specific place: To take a person or item to a location and leave them/it there.
Usage Examples

  • Verb (Intransitive):

    • Sales tend to drop off during the winter months. (They decrease.)
    • The patient dropped off while waiting for the doctor. (The patient fell asleep.)
    • One of the apples dropped off the tree. (It fell from the tree.)

  • Verb (Transitive):

    • Can you drop me off at the train station? (Can you take me and leave me there?)
    • I need to drop off this package at the post office. (I need to deliver this package.)
Advanced Usage
  • "to drop off the radar": to cease to be noticed, discussed, or monitored.
    • After the scandal, the politician dropped off the radar for a few years.
  • "to drop off the pace": to fail to maintain a competitive speed or rate of progress.
    • The runner dropped off the pace in the final lap.
Variants and Related Words
  • Drop-off (noun): A decline or a place where something or someone is left.
    • There was a sharp drop-off in attendance. (A decline)
    • The taxi stopped at the airport drop-off. (A designated leaving area)
Synonyms
  • Decrease, decline, diminish (for the "decrease" meaning).
  • Fall asleep, doze off (for the "fall asleep" meaning).
  • Deliver, deposit, leave (for the "deliver" meaning).
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Drop in: to visit someone informally.
    • Feel free to drop in for a chat anytime.
  • Drop out: to leave a school, course, or activity before finishing.
    • He decided to drop out of college.
Related Idioms
  • Drop off the face of the earth: to disappear completely and without explanation.
    • After he moved, he just dropped off the face of the earth.
drop off

My father will drop off the package at the post office.

Verb
  1. get worse
    • My grades are slipping
  2. retreat
  3. leave or unload
    • unload the cargo
    • drop off the passengers at the hotel
  4. change from a waking to a sleeping state
    • he always falls asleep during lectures
  5. fall or diminish
    • The number of students in this course dropped off after the first test

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