Drop By

Definition: Drop By

Drop By

Verb

1. Visit informally and spontaneously; "We frequently drop by the neighbors' house for a cup of coffee".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Drop By

Degree

Adverb: by degrees, gradually, inasmuch, pro tanto; however, howsoever; step by step, bit by bit, little by little, inch by inch, drop by drop; a little at a time, by inches, by slow degrees, by degrees, by little and little; in some degree, in some measure; to some extent; di grado in grado.

Part

Adverb: partly, in part, partially; piecemeal, part by part; by by installments,by snatches, by inches, by driblets; bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop; in detail, in lots.

Crosswords: Drop By

I was going to drop by and check on the, the thing. (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air; writing credit: Hisao Ohkawa; Kaoru Umeno)

Hello, Fred, I was hoping you'd drop by. (The Cheap Detective; writing credit: Neil Simon)

Oh, oh, he said that his friends would all drop by, ooh. (Misty mountain hop; performing artist: Led Zeppelin)

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Books

• Drop by Drop: A Look at Water, (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Drop By Drop [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Drop by drop will wear away the hardest stone!. Credit: Library of Congress.

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The Saint Bartholomews filter drop by drop through the pavements.

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Health

Scientists have found that its levels fall somewhat in normal aging but drop by about 90 percent in people with Alzheimer's disease. (references)

Business

Electric energy prices, particularly for industrial users, are expected to drop by some 25 percent. (references)

Some studies estimate that the current number of core ISPs will drop by 75%, leaving a few major players in the market. (references)

As such, industry sources believed that 1999 and 2000 were challenging and expected written premiums to drop by almost eight percent, except for medical. (references)

Economic History

Portugal

Likewise, the U.S. trade deficit is projected to drop by 47 percent this year, from 622 million USD in 2000 to 329 million USD. (references)

Singapore

Public sector construction demand is anticipated to drop by 28% to US$5.0 billion, but its building construction demand is likely to post an expansion of 44% to US$3.23 billion. (references)

China

By 2004, tariffs over acrylic/vinyl based paints and varnishes will be cut by a fourth; doors, windows, and frames will drop by over a third; and aluminum structures by almost two-thirds. (references)

Travel

Saudi Arabia

Business visitors should arrange their itineraries to allow for long meetings, as traditional Saudis often maintain an "open office" in which they will sign papers, take telephone calls, and converse with friends or colleagues who drop by. Tea, soft drinks, and traditional Saudi coffee are usually offered. (references)

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Expressions using "drop by": Drop by drop ♦ drop by drops ♦ drop by parachute. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏نزل بالمظلة (drop by parachute, parachute). (various references)

Finnish

pistäytyä jonkun luona (drop in stop in). (various references)

French

faire parachuter (drop by parachute). (various references)

German

vorbeikommen (call in, call round, come by, come round, drop across, drop around, drop in, get by, get past, go past, look in, pass, stop by), vorbeigehen (call in, drop across, drop around, drop in, go by, go past, go round, overlook, pass, pass by, pass off, passing, stop by, to pass by), vorbeibringen (bring around, bring round, drop off). (various references)

Greek 

κάνω φιλική επίσκεψη. (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"צ� יח (drop by parachute). (various references)

Hungarian

meglátogat vkit (to drop by, to make a call on sy, to pay a call on sy, to visit with sy), cseppenként (drop by drop, in dribs and drabs), benéz vkihez (to call around, to drop by, to drop in on sy, to happen in, to look in on sy), bekukkant vkihez (to drop by, to happen in, to look in on sy, to pop over to sy). (various references)

Italian

passare da qd. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

垂らし込む , ポーランド語 (beeper, death, drink, drip, fall drop by drop, fried potato, mail box, making up only parts of one's face instead of doing a full make-up job, pager, pocket, pocket bell, pocket bike, pocket computer, pocket money, pocket monster, pocketable, pocket-size, pod, poem, poetic, poetical, poetry, point, point and shoot, point getter, point of sales system, point of view, point size, pointer, pointing, poison, pole, Polish, poll, polling, ponytail, pop, pop art, pop country, pop fly, pop gospel, pop jazz, popgroup, poppy, pops, popular, popular music, pop-up, pop-up window, POS system, position, positioning, positive, positive film, positron, possibility, post, post-, post office, postcard, post-doc, poster, poster color, poster session, poster value, Post-It, postmaster, postmodern, post-process, postscript, post-season, pot, potato, potato chip, potato chips, pot-au-feu, potency, potential, pottering, soup, to break down, to fail), ちょび髭 (a topknot, at a glance, bits and pieces, by accident, dot, drop by drop, easy, flickering, fluttering, frizzily, in trickles, intermittently, point, short mustache, simple, small mustache, sparsely, to be dazzled, to flicker, to flit, to litter). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たらし�"む (to cajole, to deceive, to seduce), ポタリと (drip, fall drop by drop), ちょぼちょぼ (drop by drop, sparsely). (various references)

Manx

bine er bine (drop by drop). (various references)

Pig Latin

opdray ybay

Portuguese

visitar sem avisar (drop in, drop over). (various references)

Romanian

picãturã cu picãturã (drop by drop, drop by drops). (various references)

Russian 

заходить (call, come by, come round). (various references)

Spanish

entrar un momento (drop in, pop in). (various references)

Swedish

titta in (come round, drop in, look in, pop in), komma förbi (come by, get round). (various references)

Turkish

damla damla (drop by drop, little by little). (various references)

Misspellings

"Drop By" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dropby. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: body, doby, dopy, dorp, dory, drop, orby, prod, ropy.

-3 letters: bod, bop, boy, bro, dor, dry, orb, pod, pro, pry, rob, rod, yob, yod.

-4 letters: bo, by, do, od, op, or, oy, yo.

+2 letters: polybrid.

+3 letters: byproduct, polybrids.

+4 letters: byproducts, deplorably, pardonably.

+5 letters: hydrophobia, hydrophobic, hyperboloid.