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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And the White House thinks now is a good time to drop everything and do a hasty bilateral trade deal?
Trade agreements are wildly complicated affairs in the best of times, taking several months, even years.
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William Pesek, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
In some cases, those with staffers on long-term assignments overseas were told to drop everything and head back to home base.
—Harriet Baskas, NBC news, 10 May 2025
None are likely to drop everything and come back home, just on Trump’s say-so.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025
Plenty of companions have one adventure with the Doctor, get hooked on the experience, and drop everything to spend a year or two travelling around the cosmos in the TARDIS.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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William Pesek, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
In some cases, those with staffers on long-term assignments overseas were told to drop everything and head back to home base.
—Harriet Baskas, NBC news, 10 May 2025
None are likely to drop everything and come back home, just on Trump’s say-so.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2025
Plenty of companions have one adventure with the Doctor, get hooked on the experience, and drop everything to spend a year or two travelling around the cosmos in the TARDIS.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Drop everything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop%20everything. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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