drop the pilot

verb

To obtain a divorce.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person drops the pilot · participle present dropping the pilot · participle past dropped the pilot · past dropped the pilot

  1. USdatedidiomaticslangTo obtain a divorce.

    “Jeepers creepers, sweetie pie. You want to drop the pilot?” Bessie nodded, trembling. “I think it's best. My father knows somebody who can handle the divorce […]

    2018, Charlotte Laws, Devil in the Basement
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