drop like a hot spud

present singular third person drops like a hot spud · participle present dropping like a hot spud · participle past dropped like a hot spud · past dropped like a hot spud

1. AustraliaSynonym of drop like a hot potato.

   ‘When the war finishes, they’ll drop it like a hot spud.’

   1961, Tom Mead, Killers of Eden, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 213

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   Gentlemen, if these so-called native industries cannot stand on their own bottom without your being robbed to support them, why come to your senses and let them drop like a hot spud.

   1877 January 15, The Bendigo Advertiser, Victoria, page 2, column 7

   Synonyms: drop like a hot potato