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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Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 6 Feb. 2025
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
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—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 29 Nov. 2024
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Stacia Datskovska, WWD, 6 Feb. 2025
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
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“Drop everything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop%20everything. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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