drop everything

idiom

: to stop what one is doing
I dropped everything and ran to the window to see what was going on.

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There were some who were truly busy, though, and couldn’t just drop everything in order to come meet me. Jack Hargreaves, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025 Butler never imagined Zimmerer – a typically non-spontaneous person – would drop everything to book a flight and travel more than 1,500 miles from Nebraska to be there. Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025 From wedding cakes to reception venues, brands are vowing to drop everything now for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's impending nuptials. Melina Khan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025 Your old friends are ready to drop everything to hang out. Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for drop everything

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“Drop everything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop%20everything. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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