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drop calling

drop calling is the present participle and gerund of drop call.

Meaning of drop call

Verb

drop call (third-person singular simple present drop calls, present participle drop calling, simple past and past participle drop called)

  1. (transitive) 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

Questions about drop calling

What is drop calling the present participle and gerund of?
Drop calling is the present participle and gerund of drop call.

Words near drop calling in the dictionary

  1. drop by
  2. drop cake
  3. drop cakes
  4. drop call
  5. drop called
  6. drop calling
  7. drop calls
  8. drop cap
  9. drop capital
  10. drop capitals
  11. drop caps

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