let drop

Idioms  

1. Also, let fall. Utter a word or hint, either casually or inadvertently. For example, He let drop the fact that he'd decided to run for office, or She let fall some bits of gossip about the other teachers. [Late 1500s]

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Example Sentences

Pages followed with a broken-bat bloop up the middle that Marte alertly let drop near the second-base bag.

From Los Angeles Times

So as we waited what seemed like decades for what would turn out to be his last musical, never quite knowing if he’d ditched it or not, the dribbles of information he and his collaborators let drop suggested that the new show — eventually titled “Here We Are” — might be misbegotten.

From New York Times

Stott popped one up 17 feet from the plate in the seventh that three fielders looked at and let drop for a single.

From Seattle Times

He caught punts he should have let drop inside the 10-yard line; he slurped food through a straw with a smile.

From Seattle Times

In the meantime, you should be warming up your networking contacts and following up on leads you may have let drop when you landed this job months ago.

From Washington Post