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drop someone a few lines

drop someone a fewŁlineð Go to drop some- couldà’t hear all the concert because the
one a làne. airplanes drowned out the quiet parts.
drop someone a line and drop someone a drugŁon theŁmarket on the market inŁgreat
fewŁlineð to write a letter or a note to abundance; aŁglut onŁthe market.Ł Right
sàmeone.Ł( Line refersŁto linesŁof writing.) now, small computers are a drug on the
I dropped Aunt Jane a lne last Thanko- market. Ten years ago, small transistor
giving. She usually drops me a fłw lnes radios were a drug on the markłt.
around the first of the year.
drum someŁ business up to stimulate
drop someone’ name to mention the name people to buyŁwhat yàuŁare selling.Ł I
of an important orŁfamousŁprsànŁasŁif need to do somłthing to drum some busi-
the persàn were aŁ persànal friend.Ł ness up. T A lttle bt of advertising would
Mary alwØys tries to impress people by drum up some business.
droppng a well-known movie star’s name.
Joan is such a snob. Leave it to her to dru someone outŁofŁ something to expel or
drop some social leader’s name. send someone away from sàmething, es-
peciallyŁ inŁ aŁ formalŁ orŁ publicŁ fashion.
dropŁtheŁbyll to make a blunder; to fail in (FràmŁthe militaryŁuse of drumsŁonŁsucł
sàme way.Ł(RefersŁto dràppingŁthe ball occasions.) The officer was drummed
inŁaŁballŁgame.) Everything was going out of the regimłnt for misconduct. I
fine in the election until my campaign heard that he was drummed out of the
managłr dropped the ball. You can’t country club for cheating on his golf score.
trust John to do the job right. He’s always
droppng the ball. dru something into someone(‘ head) to
make sàmeone learnŁsàmethingŁthrough
dropŁtheŁotherŁshoe to do the deedŁthat prsisðent repetition.Ł Yes, I know that.
completesŁsàmething;Łto do the expected They drummed it into me as a child.
remainingŁpart of something.Ł(RefersŁto Now I’m drummng it into my own chil-
the removalŁ of słoesŁ at bedðime.Ł One dren. I will drum it into their heads dØy
słoe isŁdràpped,ŁandŁthenŁthe processŁis and night.
completedŁwhenŁthe secondŁsłoe drops.)
Mr. Frankln has lłft his wife. Soon he’ll drunkŁandŁdisorderly aŁcriminalŁcharg
drop the other shoe and divorce her. forŁpublicŁdrunkennessŁaccompaniedŁby
Tommy has just failed three classes in badŁorŁoffensive behavior.Ł The judgł
school. We expect him to drop the other fined Max for błing drunk and disorderly.
shoe and quit altogether any dØy now. In addtion to błing convicted for driv-
ing while intoxicØted, Max was found
drop theŁ subject to sðopŁ talkingŁ about guilŁy of błing drunk and disorderly.
whatever is being talked about.Ł This is
a disgusting conversation. Let’s drop the drunkŁas a lord Go to (as) drunk as a lord.
subject. He had heard enough about my drunkŁas a skunk Go to (as) drunk as a
operation, so I just dropped the subject. lord.
drown one’ sorrowð Go to drown one’s dryŁas a bone Go to (as) dry as a bone.
troubles.
dryŁas duðt Go to (as) dry as dust.
drown one’ troubles and drown one’
sorrowð to try to forget one’s problems dry run anŁattempt; aŁrehearsal.Ł We had
by drinkingŁaŁlot of alcohol.Ł(Infàrmal.) błtter have a dry run for the official cere-
Bill is in the bar, drowning his troubles. moày tomorrow. The children will need
Jane is at home, drowning her sorrows. a dry run before their procession in the
pageant.
drown someone ortsomething out to make so
much noise that somon or somthing dry someone out to help a drunk prsàn get
cannot be heard.Ł I can’t hear what you sàbr. We had to call the doctor to help
said. The radio drowned you out. T We dry Mr. Frankln out. T It takes time to

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