drop call
drop call verb: to contact someone by telephone and then hang up right after the call has connected.
Verb
drop call (third-person singular simple present drop calls, present participle drop calling, simple past and past participle drop called)
- To contact someone by telephone and then hang up right after the call has connected.
- "Have you got your phone? I'll give you my number." […] I looked back at my friends as Sam typed her number into my phone, […] I drop-called her and we said goodbye, […]2019, Kate Davies, In at the Deep End, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 69
- Waiting for the heads-up from Skimmer is killing me, but all I can do is wait patiently. […] Skimmer drop calls me and I head towards our meeting place.2023, Rich Jones, Overseas Operations, StoryUp Media, →ISBN, page [46]
Forms of drop call
| third-person singular present | drop calls |
|---|---|
| present participle | drop calling |
| past participle | drop called |
| past | drop called |
| alternative form | drop-call |
Origin of drop call
Compare drop (“to come to an end; to stop”) as in the call dropped.
Questions about drop call
- What does drop call mean?
- Drop call means to contact someone by telephone and then hang up right after the call has connected.
- What part of speech is drop call?
- Drop call is a verb.
- What is the past tense of drop call?
- The past tense of drop call is drop called.
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