Antonyms for drop down


Grammar : Verb
Spell : drop
Phonetic Transcription : drɒp


Definition of drop down

Origin :
  • Old English dropa "a drop of liquid," from Proto-Germanic *drupon (cf. Old Saxon dropo, Old Norse dropi, Dutch drop, Old High German tropfo, German Tropfen (n.)), from PIE *dhreu-.
  • Meaning "an act of dropping" is from 1630s; of immaterial things (prices, temperatures, etc.) from mid-19c. Meaning "lozenge, hard candy" is 1723. Meaning "secret place where things can be left illicitly and picked up later" is from 1931.
  • Drop in the bucket (late 14c.) is from Isa. ix:15 [KJV]. At the drop of a hat "suddenly" is from 1854; drop-in "casual visit" is 1819; drop-kick is 1857. To get the drop on someone originally was Old West gunslinger slang (1869).
  • As in plummet : verb fall hard and fast
  • As in dip : verb lower, descend
  • As in fall : verb descend; become lower
Example sentences :
  • I can drop down, as you said, and get the ladder over to you.'
  • Extract from : « The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions » by J. Smeaton Chase
  • "Here, drop down behind this rock and rest your rifle on it," he said.
  • Extract from : « With Trapper Jim in the North Woods » by Lawrence J. Leslie
  • At the turn of the tide the boats began to drop down the harbour.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • Then we would, as Warminster politely put it, “drop down and rot the lot.”
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • She lay outside the cove, and was to drop down the river on the morrow.
  • Extract from : « The History of Tasmania , Volume II (of 2) » by John West
  • "Then we'll drop down there some time towards morning," Will decided.
  • Extract from : « The Call of the Beaver Patrol » by V. T. Sherman
  • Here we are all just ready to drop down, and the critters all in a reek of sweat.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • And as soon as it was afloat, the men began to drop down on it.
  • Extract from : « A Jolly Fellowship » by Frank R. Stockton
  • Now the tide's going out we can drop down with it, and we shan't be heard.
  • Extract from : « Michael » by E. F. Benson
  • And then came the muffled tone of his voice: "Shall we drop down, Gregg?"
  • Extract from : « Wandl the Invader » by Raymond King Cummings

Synonyms for drop down

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