单词 | to drop to or on |
释义 | > as lemmasto drop (down) to or on (to) b. Slang phr. to drop (down) to or on (to): to come casually or accidentally to knowledge of (something); to understand, become aware of, recognize. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > discovery > find out, discover [verb (transitive)] > quickly, casually to fall on ——1533 hit1555 strikea1610 to drop (down) to or on (to)1819 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > severely dressc1405 wipe1523 to take up1530 whip1530 to shake upa1556 trounce1607 castigatea1616 lasha1616 objurgate1616 thunderstrike1638 snub1672 drape1683 cut1737 rowa1798 score1812 to dress down1823 to pitch into ——1823 wig1829 to row (a person) up1838 to catch or get Jesse1839 slate1840 drop1853 to drop (down) to or on (to)1859 to give (a person) rats1862 to jump upon1868 to give (a person) fits1871 to give it to someone (pretty) stiff1880 lambaste1886 ruck1899 bollock1901 bawl1903 scrub1911 burn1914 to hang, draw, and quarter1930 to tear a strip off1940 to tear (someone) off a strip1940 brass1943 rocket1948 bitch1952 tee1955 fan- 1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 168 To drop down to a person is to discover or be aware of his character or designs. 1859 G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 54 The copper..could not drop to my chant or mug,..the officer..could not recollect my name or face. 1876 Coso Mining News (Darwin, Calif.) 3 June 4/6 Drop on yourself Lent, you are out of season. 1886 Lantern (New Orleans) 6 Oct. 2/2 The crowd dropped to his little game. 1887 Lantern (New Orleans) 17 Sept. 2/3 The boys..ain't never dropped onto the way of Ed Vaz. 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms I. x. 118 I could see him..watching me when I put on the whole box and dice of the telegraph business. He ‘dropped’, I could see. 1895 J. Roberts Diary 31/1 I dropped down to it after a bit. 1901 M. E. Ryan That Girl Montana viii. 118 As I slipped out through the back door before your visitors left, I dropped to the fact that you had some damage done to that left arm. 1964 R. Braddon Year Angry Rabbit xv. 136 It was the only place we could live—without being caught that is. Surprises me you never dropped to it, Mr Prime Minister, sir. < as lemmas |
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