drop (someone) a line

idiom

: to send (someone) a brief note or message

Drop me a line while you're away.

Examples of drop (someone) a line in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

An owner who installed a pet camera decided to drop a line for her cat for the first time, resulting in a reaction that melted people's hearts. —Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025

At any rate, our Midwest peeps still drop a line now and again. —Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 July 2025

Anglers can drop a line off the edge of the tower and pull up grouper and cobia for dinner. —Graham Averill, Outside Online, 11 Sep. 2024

Seniors can drop a line for $3 annually or $23 for a life. —The Indianapolis Star, 4 May 2023

Fishermen braved a walk out on a thawing but still frozen Crowley Lake, augering holes through foot-thick ice to drop a line into the water. —Brian Van Der Brug, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2023

Novice and experienced surfers can catch waves along the rocky shores of Lorne Point, while the pier is a good place to drop a line for trevally or barracuda. —Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2023

The previously rural area was now an enclave for those who brought their boats in for the summer, and the local inhabitants who had grown used to arising early for a day of fishing now had to compete for space to drop a line with some rich boy wanting to tie up his yacht in the same spot. —Town & Country, 1 Nov. 2022

Pandemic takes toll on state's ice-fishing contests: Most winters, thousands of people converge on Minnesota's frozen lakes to celebrate the season, drop a line through a hole in the ice and maybe, just maybe, land a prizewinning fish. —Matt Delong, Star Tribune, 13 Jan. 2021