Synonyms of dropped by

dropped by

verb

past tense of drop by

as in visited

to make a brief visit

I'll either drop by on the way there or on the way back

Synonyms & Similar Words

• visited
• dropped in
• stopped (by or in)
• popped (in)
• ran (over)
• stepped in
• called
• ran in
• came over
• came by
• saw
• happened (by)
• looked up
• hung (at)
• resorted (to)
• haunted
• barged (in)
• bopped (into)
• frequented

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dropped by

But the charges were quickly dropped by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office — and police admitted Brown turned out not to be the man cops were seeking for taking money from a drug dealer after the dealer sold crack to an undercover cop near the store. —Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026

The Associated Press confirmed that D4vd was dropped by Interscope last year. —Andrew Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026

Last week, prices dropped by double digits. —Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2026

Weed seeds are dispersed through the air, dropped by birds, pop up from last year’s garden, or introduced through soil or compost. —Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026

Between 1940 and 2020, the city’s population dropped by half, and many houses and businesses fell into disrepair. —Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026

Since 1990, the teen birth rate has dropped by 73%, while the rate for women over 40 has increased by 193%. —Memorialcare Saddleback Medical Center, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026

His production has dropped by almost 40% since the start of the war, while his costs have risen by a third. —Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 11 Apr. 2026

The biggest change was the median days on the MLS, which dropped by half to just 16 days. —Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026