| 释义 |
let something drop (or fall)Casually reveal a piece of information: from the things he let drop I think there was a woman in his life...- After the cop had stopped the attractive and self-assured woman for speeding, she let it drop that her father was himself an officer, recently retired.
- The other day, while talking to a group of women at a public function, she let it drop that she had visited the Chief Minister.
- Some time ago, he let it fall that he thought the novel no longer had any life in it.
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