drop a line

1. 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.

Example Sentences

Aaron Judge dropped a line drive in center field for his first error all season.

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Sánchez didn’t get any help from Vargas in the fifth; the third baseman dropped a line drive by Starling Marte while trying to transfer the ball from his glove to his throwing hand.

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Late on a video conference call with reporters this week, Washington Football Team star Chase Young dropped a line that almost ignited as he spoke.

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Around that same time, Ant Williams, an Australian free diver, and his team took to snowmobiles in the remote north of Norway, where they cut a hole and dropped a line in a deep lake.

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Typically “drop a line” is the Rainier Beach football coach helping his players reach out to college scouts.

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