drop by

1. Also,. Pay a brief, casual, and usually unannounced visit. For example, I asked her to drop by whenever she was in the neighborhood, or Joan loves to have friends drop in, or We'd love to drop over but we haven't time on this trip. The first term dates from the first half of the 1900s; drop in is from the mid-1600s and drop over from the late 1800s.

Example Sentences

Five years after having their first child, mums' earnings drop by an average of £1,051 a month compared with their salary one year before having a child.

From BBC

Tim Dillon was scheduled to perform, but was later dropped by the Riyadh festival, he said, because of jokes he made about Saudi Arabia’s alleged use of slave labor.

From Los Angeles Times

But despite helping PSG to a treble of trophies last season, including their first Champions League triumph, he was ruthlessly dropped by manager Luis Enrique, who replaced him with Lucas Chevalier from Lille.

From BBC

After notching up three number one singles, three number one albums and two Brit awards, the band struggled to find the same charts success again and were dropped by their record label.

From BBC

“In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”

From Salon

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