drop by

1. 1.

   visit informally and spontaneously

   “We frequently drop by the neighbors' house for a cup of coffee”

   Synonymsdrop income by

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Questions about drop by

What does drop by mean?

drop by means "visit informally and spontaneously".

What is another word for drop by?

Close synonyms include drop in, come by. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drop by a common word?

drop by is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.