"dejar caer" meaning in Spanish

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Verb

Forms: dejo caer [first-person, present, singular], dejé caer [first-person, preterite, singular], dejado caer [participle, past]
Etymology: Literally, “to let fall”. Etymology templates: {{m-g|to let fall}} “to let fall”, {{lit|to let fall}} Literally, “to let fall” Head templates: {{es-verb}} dejar caer (first-person singular present dejo caer, first-person singular preterite dejé caer, past participle dejado caer)
  1. (idiomatic) to fall, to drop, to plop Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-dejar_caer-es-verb-S8ZMEQkJ
  2. (idiomatic) to let slip (mention) Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-dejar_caer-es-verb-Sh5PTt4e Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 4 96

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          "ref": "2023 July 24, Carlos E. Cué, “La resistencia del PSOE y Sumar frustra la mayoría del PP y Vox y deja abiertas todas las posibilidades”, in El País, retrieved 2023-07-24",
          "text": "Feijóo gana, pero Sánchez crece en votos y escaños y deja caer que intentará volver a gobernar[.]\n[Alberto Núñez] Feijóo wins, but [Pedro] Sánchez grows in votes and seats and lets slip that he will try to govern again[.]",
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