drop in

1. 1.

   visit informally and spontaneously

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

   Synonymsdrop bycome by

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Questions about drop in

What does drop in mean?

drop in means "visit informally and spontaneously".

What is another word for drop in?

Close synonyms include drop by, 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 in a common word?

drop in 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.