drop off

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения доставки кого-либо или чего-либо в какое-то место, засыпания или уменьшения количества или интенсивности.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of delivering someone or something to a place, or to fall asleep, or to decrease in amount or intensity.

uncountable · transitive and intransitive · phrasal, separable

1. Deliver someone or somethinginformal

   To take someone or something to a place and leave them there.

   Подвезти

   • I'll drop you off at the station on my way to work.
   • She dropped off the package at the post office.
   • Can you drop off the kids at school this morning?

   Synonymsbringdeliverdepositleavelet offset downtakeunload

   Antonymspick up

2. Fall asleepinformal

   To go to sleep, especially unintentionally.

   Задремать

   • He dropped off in front of the TV after dinner.
   • I dropped off during the movie because I was so tired.
   • She dropped off to sleep while reading her book.

   Synonymsconk outdoze offdrift offfall asleepnod off

   Antonymsariseawakerousewake

3. Decrease or declineinformal

   To become less or lower in amount, level, or intensity.

   Снижаться

   • Sales usually drop off after the holiday season.
   • Interest in the topic dropped off significantly.
   • The temperature dropped off sharply at night.

   Synonymsdeclinedecreasediminishdwindlefalllessenreducesubsidewane

   Antonymsclimbescalategrowincreaserisesurge

Base verbdrop