phrasal verb🧩 phrasal verb

drop off

to deliver someone there

What it means

To take someone or something to a place and leave them there, usually by car. It can also mean to fall asleep, or for numbers and quality to decrease gradually.

Examples

  • I'll drop you off at the station on my way to work.
  • Could you drop the kids off at school before nine o'clock?
  • He dropped off during the movie and started snoring loudly.
  • Sales tend to drop off sharply after the holiday season ends.

Where it comes from

Separable when it means 'deliver': 'drop the package off' or 'drop off the package'. Inseparable in the 'fall asleep' and 'decrease' meanings.

Related phrasal verbs

#drop out#pick up#hand out#pick out

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