dropping in (on)

verb

present participle of drop in (on)
as in visiting
to make a social call upon as long as we're in town, we should drop in on my aunt

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dropping in (on)
  1. visiting
  2. seeing
Verb
  • Jones was only three doors from his house, visiting his neighbor, 46-year-old Jwon Martin, when Jones and Martin were murdered.
    — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In a series of Instagram Stories on May 14, The Flip Off star expressed her love for Wisconsin after seemingly visiting for the first time.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of visiting
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  • What to read next To have any realistic chance of seeing the northern lights during the eclipse, Earth would need to be in the grip of a severe geomagnetic storm.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • People who live in Palo Alto are probably used to seeing a driverless car quietly humming around on the street, but in middle America, many have never seen this kind of thing in practice.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of seeing
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“Dropping in (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dropping%20in%20%28on%29. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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