as in visited
to make a social call upon
as long as we're in town, we should drop in on my aunt
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As crews sawed the legs, the tower buckled and fell across South Osage Street, damaging power lines.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
17 Apr. 2025 -
In Han Kang’s latest novel, a character saws off the tips of two of her fingers in a woodworking accident.—
Victoria Kim,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Dropped in (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dropped%20in%20%28on%29. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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