"drop like flies" meaning in 英语

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Verb

Audio: En-au-drop like flies.ogg Forms: drops like flies, dropping like flies, dropped like flies
  1. 一个接一个地大量死去
    Sense id: zh-drop_like_flies-en-verb-j~q7ABpU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: drop off like flies
Categories (other): 英語動詞, 英語詞元

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