"drop like a bad habit" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: drops like a bad habit [present, singular, third-person], dropping like a bad habit [participle, present], dropped like a bad habit [participle, past], dropped like a bad habit [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} drop like a bad habit (third-person singular simple present drops like a bad habit, present participle dropping like a bad habit, simple past and past participle dropped like a bad habit)
  1. (transitive, simile, informal) To cease contact or a relationship with someone as quickly as possible. Tags: informal, transitive Synonyms: drop like a hot potato Translations (Translations): als een baksteen laten vallen (Dutch), hylätä äkkiä (Finnish), laisser tomber comme une vieille chaussette (French), jeter comme une vieille chaussette (French)

Inflected forms

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