drop by

present singular third person drops by · participle present dropping by · participle past dropped by · past dropped by

1. colloquialTo visit informally and spontaneously.

   I dropped by on Thursday, but you were out.

   1 more example

   Now, the three stepgirls and their brother call once in a while, maybe drop by if they need a babysitter.

   2003, Janice Daugharty, “You’re No Angel Yourself”, in Hugh Ruppersburg, editor, After O’Connor: Stories from Contemporary Georgia, Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, page 59

   Synonyms: drop in, pop in, stop by, stop in