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drop the mic

drop the mic verb: to do or say something decisive, meaningful, or impressive.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To do or say something decisive, meaningful, or impressive.
    • In their past work, both Whedon and Goddard have shown an inclination to embrace tropes so tightly that you're forced to question them – and with Cabin, as one journalist in the room suggests, 'There's kind of a sense of this movie dropping the mic [on the genre] and walking away like, 'There it is...2012 June 11, Steph Harmon, “Meta Is Better”, in Brag, number 466, page 26
    • Rodarte just dropped the mic on fashion week. After last season's esoteric tribute to "Star Wars" – really, how many women would wear a gown emblazoned with a giant Luke Skywalker? – sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy's dazzling spring outing mixed the right amount of fantasy and commercial appeal.2014 September 11, Tina Chadha, “Rodarte”, in Metro, Boston, page 11

drop the mic meaning in Bengali

drop the mic in Bengali

নির্ণায়ক, অর্থবহ, বা চিত্তাকর্ষক কিছু করা, বলা

Forms of drop the mic

third-person singular presentdrops the mic
present participledropping the mic
past participledropped the mic
pastdropped the mic

Origin of drop the mic

From the practice of entertainers (particularly rappers) concluding performances by dropping the microphone onto the stage.

Words formed from drop the mic

Questions about drop the mic

What does drop the mic mean?
Drop the mic means to do or say something decisive, meaningful, or impressive.
What is drop the mic in Bengali?
Drop the mic in Bengali is নির্ণায়ক, অর্থবহ, বা চিত্তাকর্ষক কিছু করা. See Drop the mic meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is drop the mic?
Drop the mic is a verb.
What is the past tense of drop the mic?
The past tense of drop the mic is dropped the mic.

Words near drop the mic in the dictionary

  1. drop the hammer
  2. drop the hand
  3. drop the handkerchief
  4. drop the kiddies off at the pool
  5. drop the kids off at the pool
  6. drop the mic
  7. drop the pilot
  8. drop the soap
  9. drop the subject
  10. drop the topic
  11. drop the writ

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Adapted from Wiktionary: drop the mic (page history and authors); drop the mic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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