"drop like a hot skillet" meaning in English

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Verb

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

Inflected forms

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