they drop like flies

  • 1drop like flies — This means that something is disappearing very quickly. For example, if you said people were dropping like flies, it would mean that they were dying off, quitting or giving up something rapidly …

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  • 2drop like flies — verb rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers the contestants dropped like flies when the thermometer hit one hundred degrees • Hypernyms: ↑break down, ↑collapse • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s * * * see …

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  • 3drop like flies —    If people drop like flies, they fall ill or die in large numbers.     There s a flu epidemic right now. Senior citizens are dropping like flies …

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  • 4drop — 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)¦ …

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  • 5As the Crow Flies (novel) — This article is about the Jeffrey Archer novel. For other uses, see As the Crow Flies (disambiguation). As the Crow Flies   …

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  • 6Whatever You Love, You Are — Infobox Album | Name = Whatever You Love, You are Type = Album Artist = Dirty Three |280px Released = March 2000 Recorded = July 1999 Genre = Instrumental rock Length = 48:17 Label = Touch and Go Records Producer = Dirty Three Reviews = *AMG… …

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  • 7David Hoyle (performance artist) — David Hoyle Hoyle in character as The Divine David , 2000. Born Blackpool, Lancashire, England Occupation Performance artist, Actor, Comedian …

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  • 8Florena Budwin — (died January 251865) was an American woman who, during the Civil War, disguised herself as a man and enlisted in the Union Army with her husband. They were both captured and confined at Confederacy s most notoriously brutal prisoner of war… …

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  • 9break down — verb 1. make ineffective (Freq. 3) Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination • Syn: ↑crush • Derivationally related forms: ↑breakdown • Hypernyms: ↑change, ↑ …

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  • 10List of Marvel Family enemies — Through his adventures, Fawcett Comics/DC Comics superhero Captain Marvel and his Marvel Family gained a host of enemies, including the following: Contents 1 Acrobat 2 Adolf Hitler 3 Amoeba Family …

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