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  • 21drop something like a hot brick — drop (someone/something) like a hot brick/potato informal to suddenly get rid of someone or something that you have been involved with because you do not want them any more or you are worried they may cause problems. The government dropped the… …

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  • 22drop like a hot brick — drop (someone/something) like a hot brick/potato informal to suddenly get rid of someone or something that you have been involved with because you do not want them any more or you are worried they may cause problems. The government dropped the… …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 23drop someone like a hot potato — drop (someone/something) like a hot brick/potato informal to suddenly get rid of someone or something that you have been involved with because you do not want them any more or you are worried they may cause problems. The government dropped the… …

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  • 24drop something like a hot potato — drop (someone/something) like a hot brick/potato informal to suddenly get rid of someone or something that you have been involved with because you do not want them any more or you are worried they may cause problems. The government dropped the… …

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  • 25drop like a hot potato — drop (someone/something) like a hot brick/potato informal to suddenly get rid of someone or something that you have been involved with because you do not want them any more or you are worried they may cause problems. The government dropped the… …

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  • 26drop — drop1 W2S1 [drɔp US dra:p] v past tense and past participle dropped present participle dropping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(let something fall)¦ 2¦(fall)¦ 3¦(move your body down)¦ 4¦(become less)¦ 5¦(reduce)¦ 6¦(not include)¦ 7¦(stop doing something)¦ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 27drop — 1 verb FALL/ALLOW TO FALL 1 (T) to stop holding or carrying something so that it falls: I must have dropped my scarf on the bus. | The dog dropped a stick at George s feet. 2 FALL (I) to fall suddenly, especially from a high place: A bottle… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28Brick Awards — [http://people.howstuffworks.com/do something brick awards5.htm] , The BR!CK Awards is the only televised award show about changing the world CNN dubbed it the Oscars of youth service awards . cite web | url =… …

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  • 29Brick Owens — Clarence Bernard Brick Owens (March 31 1885 November 11 1949) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the National League in 1908 and 1912 1913, and in the American League from 1916 through 1937. He officiated in the World… …

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  • 30Dead drop — spike A dead drop or dead letter box is a method of espionage tradecraft used to pass items between two individuals by using a secret location and thus does not require them to meet directly. Using a dead drop permits a Case Officer and his Agent …

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