drop by
verb
dropped by; dropping by; drops by
intransitive verb
: to pay a brief casual visit
transitive verb
: to visit casually or unexpectedly
drop by a friend's house
Synonyms
- call
- come by
- come over
- drop in
- pop (in)
- run (over)
- run in
- step in
- stop (by or in)
- visit
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Example Sentences
I'll either drop by on the way there or on the way back.
Word History
First Known Use
circa 1905, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
drop by
verb
as in to drop in
to make a brief visit I'll either drop by on the way there or on the way back Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- drop in
- visit
- run in
- step in
- come by
- come over
- call
- run (over)
- see
- stop (by or in)
- pop (in)
- look up
- haunt
- frequent
- hang (at)
- barge (in)
- happen (by)
- bop (into)
- resort (to)
- miner's tent
- miner's worm
- mineragraphy
- mineral
- mineral acid
- mineral bister
- mineral black
- mineral blue
- mineral brown
- mineral caoutchouc
- mineral charcoal
- mineral coal
- mineral color
- mineral dressing
- mineral element
- mineral gray
- mineral green
- mineral jelly
- mineral kingdom
- mineral lands
- mineral oil
- mineral orange
- mineral pigment
- mineral pitch
- mineral pulp