drop off

• Verbo frasal que se usa para indicar dejar a alguien o algo en un lugar, quedarse dormido, o disminuir en cantidad o intensidad.

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.

incontable · transitivo e intransitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Deliver someone or somethinginformal

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

   Dejar a alguien o algo en un lugar

   • 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?

   Sinónimosbringdeliverdepositleavelet offset downtakeunload

   Antónimospick up

2. Fall asleepinformal

   To go to sleep, especially unintentionally.

   dormirse

   • 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.

   Sinónimosconk outdoze offdrift offfall asleepnod off

   Antónimosariseawakerousewake

3. Decrease or declineinformal

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

   disminuir, caer

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

   Sinónimosdeclinedecreasediminishdwindlefalllessenreducesubsidewane

   Antónimosclimbescalategrowincreaserisesurge

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