drop everything

idiom

: to stop what one is doing

I dropped everything and ran to the window to see what was going on.

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Colleagues recalled Collins as a devoted family man who would drop everything — even, for example, in the midst of a deposition — if his wife and daughters needed him. —

Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025 Swift asked fans to drop everything and go see Ryan Reynolds' new movie in theaters. —

Bryan West, The Tennessean, 26 July 2024 Now’s the time to drop everything and shop Aritzia’s half off Black Friday sale. —

Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 29 Nov. 2024 Bringing him into the fold — along with Guillermo, who’s happy to drop everything when his friends need him — only strengthens the Staten Island vampires’ position, as does the Baron reasserting his dominance over the NYC vampire community. —

Katie Rife, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for drop everything

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