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dead-drop

dead-drop is the alternative form of dead drop.

Meaning of dead drop

Verb

dead drop (third-person singular simple present dead drops, present participle dead dropping, simple past and past participle dead dropped)

  1. To leave at a dead drop for someone else to retrieve.
    • Need to dead drop a note to a friend at school ?2006, Suzanne Francis, Protecting Your Room, Your Stuff & Your Secrets

See all 3 meanings of dead drop

Forms of dead-drop

third-person singular presentdead-drops
present participledead-dropping
past participledead-dropped
pastdead-dropped

Questions about dead-drop

What is dead-drop the alternative form of?
Dead-drop is the alternative form of dead drop.

Words near dead-drop in the dictionary

  1. dead-center
  2. dead-centered
  3. dead-centering
  4. dead-centers
  5. dead-clothes
  6. dead-drop
  7. dead-dropped
  8. dead-dropping
  9. dead-drops
  10. dead-end
  11. dead-end street

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