drop down

verb

To sail, move, or row down a coast, or down a river to the sea.

“The glass bottle dropped down to the ground where it shattered.”

Meanings

verbdrop down (third-person singular simple present drops down, present participle dropping down, simple past and past participle dropped down)

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

  1. intransitivenauticalTo sail, move, or row down a coast, or down a river to the sea.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, down.

    The glass bottle dropped down to the ground where it shattered.

    1 more example

    This is the last road of the round and then we may as well drop down into the High Street and get a snack to carry us on till breakfast.

    1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London

Synonyms & antonyms

verbfall or descend to a lower place or level

Broader
change posture

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drop down,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drop%20down.

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