drop science

verb

To show off one's talent and ability, as if to educate others.

“I was finding college too hard, so I dropped science and switched to an easier course.”

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Meanings

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

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

  1. slangdancingTo show off one's talent and ability, as if to educate others.

    Her rapid-fire delivery and syncopation allows her to coast past hardcore beats as she drops science with her new school feminism.

    1992, SPIN, volume 8, number 4, page 49
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    His back catalog inspired 2005's self-published gem Rakim Told Me: Hip-Hop Wax Facts Straight From the Original Artists, a collection of legendary rap acts dropping science on their most celebrated records.

    2007, Urb, volume 17, numbers 148-150, page 52
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, science.

    I was finding college too hard, so I dropped science and switched to an easier course.

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