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TAKE THE QUIZ“drop the”
The following 3 entries include the term drop the.
drop the ball
phrase: to make a mistake especially by failing to take timely, effective, or proper action
drop the handkerchief
noun: a game in which one player runs behind the other players as they stand in a circle and drops a handkerchief behind one of them who then must pick up the handkerchief and run around the circle after the first player and try to tag, catch, or kiss the first player before he or she gets to the vacant place in the circle left by the second player
drop the subject
phrase: to stop talking about a topic
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