to (begin to) drop off
1drop — 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)¦ …
2drop — 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… …
3Drop Dead Diva (season 2) — Drop Dead Diva Season 2 Country of origin USA No. of episodes 13 Broadcast Original channel Lifetime …
4Drop the Dead Donkey — Format Satirical sitcom Created by Andy Hamilton Guy Jenkin …
5Drop kick — For other uses, see Drop kick (disambiguation). Not to be confused with dropkick. A drop kick is a type of kick in various codes of football. It involves a player dropping the ball and then kicking it when it bounces off the ground. It contrasts… …
6kick off — Synonyms and related words: antecede, begin, blast away, blast off, bundle, bundle off, buy it, cash in, check in, check out, come before, come first, commence, croak, die, dive in, drop off, embark, fall to, float, front, get off, get to, give a …
7lay off — [v1] stop doing cease, desist, end, give a rest, give up, halt, leave alone, leave off, let up, lie by, quit, rest, spell; concepts 119,234 Ant. begin, start lay off [v2] relieve of responsibility discharge, dismiss, drop, fire, let go, oust, pay …
8To fall off — Fall Fall (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr.… …
9U-Drop Inn — Infobox nrhp map name = Tower Station nrhp type = caption = The original U Drop Inn (circa 1936). mdash;Courtesy of the Harris Armstrong Archives, Special Collections, Washington University in Saint Louis lat degrees = 35 lat minutes = 13 lat… …
10kick off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. start, open, get under way; see begin 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. Informal. To go about the initial step in doing (something): approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, get off, inaugurate, initiate, institute,… …
