"drop like a hot brick" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: drops like a hot brick [present, singular, third-person], dropping like a hot brick [participle, present], dropped like a hot brick [participle, past], dropped like a hot brick [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} drop like a hot brick (third-person singular simple present drops like a hot brick, present participle dropping like a hot brick, simple past and past participle dropped like a hot brick)
  1. Synonym of drop like a hot potato Synonyms: drop like a hot potato [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-drop_like_a_hot_brick-en-verb-feePlxFT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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