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dropping off

VERB

decrease

Synonyms

STRONGEST

diminish dwindle fall away fall off lessen sag slacken

WEAK

decline slide slip slump

Antonyms

STRONGEST

develop enlarge expand extend grow increase tighten

WEAK

awake go up receive rise take away wake

VERB

deliver

Synonyms

WEAK

deposit give hand over leave let off present set down unload

Antonyms

WEAK

awake go up increase receive rise take away wake

VERB

fall asleep

Synonyms

WEAK

catnap doze doze off drowse have forty winks nod nod off snooze

Antonyms

WEAK

awake go up increase receive rise take away wake

Example Sentences

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Anyone dropping off their ballot at a post office on election day should get it postmarked at the counter, she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

There is no legal requirement anywhere in the UK for other vehicles to stop when a school bus is picking up or dropping off.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Watching their dog, dropping off their dry cleaning or picking up a package are all forms of care.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

In December Gustafson posted a short video to Instagram showing her and her husband, who now works for the club full-time, dropping off bins of hunter green and red envelopes at a local post office.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

After dropping off one group of marchers at Brown Chapel that evening, Viola Liuzzo, a thirty-nine-year-old mother of five from Detroit, headed back toward Montgomery to pick up another group.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman