as in to visit
to make a brief visit
drop in any time—we're always home
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as in visitor
a person who visits another
we're having open house for New Year's, and drop-ins are welcome to come and go as they please
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Recent Examples of drop in
Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2025
Our Safe Place has drop-in centers and mental health clinics around the county for LGBTQ+ youth and their families.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
Orlando’s professional dancers teach and take drop-in dance classes at studio Underground Movement.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2025
Services for the most vulnerable people, including mobile clinics and drop-in centres, are shut down.
—Julie Cerullo, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The Rule: Don’t Stop By Without Calling First Front porches were designed with drop-ins in mind.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2025
Our Safe Place has drop-in centers and mental health clinics around the county for LGBTQ+ youth and their families.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 5 Mar. 2025
Orlando’s professional dancers teach and take drop-in dance classes at studio Underground Movement.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 5 Mar. 2025
Services for the most vulnerable people, including mobile clinics and drop-in centres, are shut down.
—Julie Cerullo, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drop in
Verb
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More than this perhaps, as Sara Halpern, visiting assistant professor of history at St. Olaf college, wrote to me, the attack had a broader purpose.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Apr. 2025
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Novice stargazers can visit for a few hours, while more experienced stargazers can bring their equipment and sleep over at the Overnight Astronomy Observation Field.—
Regan Stephens,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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With a lively setup and a friendly vibe just steps from the Alamodome, this sports bar will likely serve as an ambassador for visitors getting to know the city.—
Madalyn Mendoza,
Axios,
31 Mar. 2025
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When visitors started coming in earnest, in the late 1950s, the residents understood that tourism could save their beleaguered town.—
Richard Grant,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Rickey convinced the manager to allow Thomas to stay in his room as an unregistered guest, but not without a serious shouting match that drew a crowd.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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For the first time since the COVID-19 era began, both Walt Disney World water parks will be open to guests at the same time.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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As a rookie, Gardner scored the final run in the old Yankee Stadium in 2008, which was replaced the following year.—
Jordan Freiman,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2025
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But much like the European run in October/November 2024 that followed the Outlaw Festival, this was a reversion to the standard Rough and Rowdy Ways show.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Drop in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drop%20in. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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