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| NOUN: | 1. A dominating position, as in a conflict: advantage, better1, bulge, draw, edge, superiority, upper hand, vantage. Informal : inside track, jump. See OVER. 2. A tiny amount: bit1, crumb, dab1, dash, dot, dram, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, ort, ounce, particle, scrap1, scruple, shred, smidgen, speck, tittle, trifle, whit. Chiefly British : spot. See BIG. 3. The extent or measurement downward from a surface: deepness, depth. See SURFACE. 4. A downward slope or distance: decline, declivity, descent, fall, pitch. See RISE. 5. A quantity of liquid falling or resting in a spherical mass: driblet, droplet, globule. See DRY. 6. A small amount of liquor: dram, jigger, shot, sip, tot1. Informal : nip2, slug1. Slang : snort. See BIG, INGESTION. 7. A usually swift downward trend, as in prices: decline, descent, dip, dive, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop-off, fall, nosedive, plunge, skid, slide, slump, tumble. See INCREASE. 8. The act of dropping from a height: descent, fall. See RISE. | | VERB: | 1. To suddenly lose all health or strength: break (down), cave in, collapse, crack, give out, succumb. Informal : crack up. Slang : conk out. Idioms: give way. See HEALTH. 2. To cease living: decease, demise, depart, die, expire, go, pass away, pass (on), perish, succumb. Informal : pop off. Slang : check out, croak, kick in, kick off. Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end (or Maker) , pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes. See LIVE. 3. To end the employment or service of: cashier, discharge, dismiss, release, terminate. Informal : ax, fire, pink-slip. Slang : boot1, bounce, can, sack1. Idioms: give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, let go, show someone the door. See KEEP. 4. To fall or let fall in drops of liquid: distill, dribble, drip, trickle, weep. See RISE. 5. To cause to fall, as from a shot or blow: bring down, cut down, down, fell1, flatten, floor, ground, knock down, level, prostrate, strike down, throw. Slang : deck1. Idioms: lay low. See RISE. 6. To cease consideration or treatment of: dismiss, give over, give up, skip. Idioms: have done with, wash one's hands of. See KEEP. 7. To go from a more erect posture to a less erect posture: fall, sink, slump. See RISE. 8. To slope downward: decline, descend, dip, fall, pitch, sink. See RISE. 9. To suffer the loss of: forfeit, lose. Idioms: kiss good-by to. See GET. 10. To take or leave out: eliminate, omit, remove. See INCLUDE. 11. To come to the ground suddenly and involuntarily: fall, go down, nose-dive, pitch, plunge, spill, topple, tumble. Idioms: take a fall (or header) (or plunge) (or spill) (or tumble) . See RISE. 12. To move downward in response to gravity: descend, fall. See RISE. 13. To undergo a sharp, rapid descent in value or price: dive, fall, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, sink, skid, slump, tumble. Idioms: take a sudden downtrend (or downturn) . See INCREASE. 14. To cause to descend: depress, let down, lower2, take down. See RISE. | | PHRASAL VERB: | drop by To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize: call, come by, come over, drop in, look in, look up, pop in, run in, see, stop (by or in), visit. Idioms: pay a visit. See SEEK. drop in To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize: call, come by, come over, drop by, look in, look up, pop in, run in, see, stop (by or in), visit. Idioms: pay a visit. See SEEK. drop off To decline, as in value or quantity, very gradually: fall off, sag, slip. See INCREASE.
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