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dropped the mic

dropped the mic is the simple past and past participle of drop the mic.

Meaning of drop the mic

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

Questions about dropped the mic

What is dropped the mic the simple past and past participle of?
Dropped the mic is the simple past and past participle of drop the mic.

Words near dropped the mic in the dictionary

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

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