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dropped
Definition of dropped
: designed to extend or begin lower than normal a dress with a dropped waist dropped shoulders
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Examples of dropped in a Sentence
a dress with a dropped waist
Recent Examples of dropped from the Web
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Collapsed on the ground, Long reached for his dropped rifle, but five SWAT officers fired, killing him, Moore said.
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There are no more excuses for dropped passes that hit his hands.
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The upside to those draws, which both resulted in dropped points at home, is that other players are starting to get involved in the offensive action.
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That’s an enormous problem to solve — and a pile of potential cash and customers to be won—which is why diabetes is attracting entrepreneurs like ants to a dropped ice cream cone.
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There were no more dropped or duplicated songs, for instance.
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Solar flares blamed for dropped cellphone calls [CBC]
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First Known Use of dropped
1915
DROPPED Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of dropped for English Language Learners
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of clothing : made to be in a lower position on the body than is usual
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