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drop a line

Correspond, write a short letter or note. For example, I hope you'll drop me a line soon. This idiom uses line in the sense of “a few words in writing,” a usage first recorded in 1647.

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RELATED WORDS

relay, disseminate, transfer, conduct, impart, broadcast, spread, convey, address, carry, translate, transport, compose, rewrite, create, scrawl, sign, note, record, pen

Nearby words

droopy, drop, drop a bombshell, drop a brick, drop a dime, drop a line, drop arch, drop away, drop back, drop bear, drop behind
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.