"drop by" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: drops by [present, singular, third-person], dropping by [participle, present], dropped by [participle, past], dropped by [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} drop by (third-person singular simple present drops by, present participle dropping by, simple past and past participle dropped by)
  1. (colloquial) To visit informally and spontaneously. Tags: colloquial Synonyms: drop in, pop in, stop by, stop in Derived forms: drop-by [noun] Translations (to visit informally and spontaneously): 串門 (Chinese Mandarin), 串门 (chuànmén) (Chinese Mandarin), 上門 (Chinese Mandarin), 上门 (shàngmén) (Chinese Mandarin), stavit se (Czech), pistäytyä (Finnish), poiketa (Finnish), piipahtaa (Finnish), käväistä (Finnish), passer (French), vorbeikommen (German), auf einen Sprung vorbeikommen (German), auf Stippvisite kommen (German), 立ち寄る (tachiyoru) (alt: たちよる) (Japanese), 들르다 (deulleuda) (Korean), aparecer (Portuguese), passar (Portuguese), заходи́ть (zaxodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), загля́дывать (zagljádyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), hälsa på (Swedish), titta förbi (Swedish), titta in (Swedish), dumaan (Tagalog), bumisita (Tagalog)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Coordinate term: stop off"
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        "(colloquial) To visit informally and spontaneously."
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        {
          "word": "stop by"
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          "word": "stop in"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "串門"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chuànmén",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "串门"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "上門"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "上门"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "stavit se"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "pistäytyä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "poiketa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "piipahtaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "käväistä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "passer"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "vorbeikommen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "auf einen Sprung vorbeikommen"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "auf Stippvisite kommen"
        },
        {
          "alt": "たちよる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tachiyoru",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "立ち寄る"
        },
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "deulleuda",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "들르다"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "aparecer"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "passar"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "zaxodítʹ",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "заходи́ть"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "зайти́ pf (zajtí) (+ к + dative case)",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zagljádyvatʹ",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "загля́дывать"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "загляну́ть pf (zagljanútʹ) (+ к + dative case)",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "hälsa på"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "titta förbi"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "titta in"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "dumaan"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
          "word": "bumisita"
        }
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}
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        "singular",
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      "form": "dropping by",
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          "text": "Coordinate term: stop off"
        },
        {
          "text": "I dropped by on Thursday, but you were out."
        }
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        "To visit informally and spontaneously."
      ],
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "drop in"
        },
        {
          "word": "pop in"
        },
        {
          "word": "stop by"
        },
        {
          "word": "stop in"
        }
      ],
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "串門"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chuànmén",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "串门"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "上門"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shàngmén",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "上门"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "stavit se"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "pistäytyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "poiketa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "piipahtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "käväistä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "passer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "vorbeikommen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "auf einen Sprung vorbeikommen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "auf Stippvisite kommen"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たちよる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tachiyoru",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "立ち寄る"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "deulleuda",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "들르다"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "aparecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "passar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaxodítʹ",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заходи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "зайти́ pf (zajtí) (+ к + dative case)",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zagljádyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "загля́дывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "загляну́ть pf (zagljanútʹ) (+ к + dative case)",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "hälsa på"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "titta förbi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "titta in"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "dumaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to visit informally and spontaneously",
      "word": "bumisita"
    }
  ],
  "word": "drop by"
}

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