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DROP DOWN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fall or descend to a lower place or level

Example:

He sank to his knees

Synonyms:

drop; drop down; sink

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "drop down" is one way to...):

change posture (undergo a change in bodily posture)

Verb group:

fall off; sink; slump (fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly)

drop (let fall to the ground)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "drop down"):

drop open; fall open (open involuntarily)

droop; flag; sag; swag (droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness)

sag; sag down (cause to sag)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

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