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drop like a hot potato

drop like a hot potato verb: to get rid of or stop doing (something) as quickly as possible.

Verb

drop like a hot potato (third-person singular simple present drops like a hot potato, present participle dropping like a hot potato, simple past and past participle dropped like a hot potato)

  1. (informal, transitive, simile) To get rid of or stop doing (something) as quickly as possible.

Synonyms of drop like a hot potato

Forms of drop like a hot potato

third-person singular presentdrops like a hot potato
present participledropping like a hot potato
past participledropped like a hot potato
pastdropped like a hot potato

Origin of drop like a hot potato

See hot potato.

Questions about drop like a hot potato

What does drop like a hot potato mean?
Drop like a hot potato means to get rid of or stop doing (something) as quickly as possible.
What part of speech is drop like a hot potato?
Drop like a hot potato is a verb.
What is the past tense of drop like a hot potato?
The past tense of drop like a hot potato is dropped like a hot potato.

Words near drop like a hot potato in the dictionary

  1. drop letters
  2. drop light
  3. drop lights
  4. drop like a bad habit
  5. drop like a hot brick
  6. drop like a hot potato
  7. drop like a hot skillet
  8. drop like flies
  9. drop lock
  10. drop locks
  11. drop lot

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