"drop into" meaning in English

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      "form": "dropped into",
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "1891, Edward Corbett, An Old Coachman's Chatter, page 268:",
          "text": "The reins were evidently useless, and it was a matter for the whip, whether I could hit hard enough. […] However, I dropped into him with such effect that he became in as great a hurry to cross the road as the proverbial duck before thunder.",
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        "Synonym of lay into (“beat up or attack”)"
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        "(slang, archaic) Synonym of lay into (“beat up or attack”)"
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      "glosses": [
        "To visit."
      ],
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        "(UK, informal) To visit."
      ],
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    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He dropped me into a gang shootout.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To thrust (someone) into a situation."
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        "(informal) To thrust (someone) into a situation."
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  "word": "drop into"
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      "glosses": [
        "To visit."
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        "(UK, informal) To visit."
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        "To thrust (someone) into a situation."
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        "(informal) To thrust (someone) into a situation."
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