drop off

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour déposer quelqu'un ou quelque chose à un endroit, s'endormir, ou diminuer en quantité ou en intensité.

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.

indénombrable · transitif et intransitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Deliver someone or somethinginformal

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

   déposer quelqu'un ou quelque chose

   • 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?

   Synonymesbringdeliverdepositleavelet offset downtakeunload

   Antonymespick up

2. Fall asleepinformal

   To go to sleep, especially unintentionally.

   s'endormir

   • 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.

   Synonymesconk outdoze offdrift offfall asleepnod off

   Antonymesariseawakerousewake

3. Decrease or declineinformal

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

   Diminuer, baisser

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

   Synonymesdeclinedecreasediminishdwindlefalllessenreducesubsidewane

   Antonymesclimbescalategrowincreaserisesurge

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