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

The get-in price has dropped by more than 50% over the last three days, to $625 as of Friday morning, cheaper than any of the six group stage matches England and France contested. — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 18 July 2026

Week-to-week cargo shipments through the strait dropped by almost a quarter at the beginning of the month, according to maritime data firm Lloyd’s List Intelligence. — Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

The Wall Street Journal reports that the number of working court reporters in the United States has dropped by about 21 percent over the past decade and now sits below 23,000. — K.h. Koehler, USA Today, 17 July 2026

Real estate jobs dropped by 1,000 and are down 4,200 over the last 12 months. — Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 17 July 2026

When Netflix reported its first-quarter earnings back in April, the company’s profits turned out to be higher than Wall Street analysts had projected — and yet the next day, its stock price dropped by nearly 10 percent. — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 16 July 2026

The number of Americans applying for jobless aid in the week ending July 11 dropped by 8,000 to 208,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. — Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Their risk of cardiovascular death dropped by 14%, cancer death by 19%, and non-CVD, non-cancer death by 40%. — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2026

The number of people staying in emergency shelters dropped by 273. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026