drop by

See also: drop-by

English

Verb

drop by (third-person singular simple present drops by, present participle dropping by, simple past and past participle dropped by)

1. (colloquial) To visit informally and spontaneously.

   Synonyms: drop in, pop in, stop by, stop in

   Coordinate term: stop off

   I dropped by on Thursday, but you were out.

Derived terms

• drop-by (noun)

Translations

to visit informally and spontaneously

Chinese: Mandarin: 串門 / 串门 (zh) (chuànmén), 上門 / 上门 (zh) (shàngmén) Czech: stavit se Finnish: pistäytyä (fi), poiketa (fi), piipahtaa (fi), käväistä (fi), pyörähtää (fi), kipaista French: passer (fr) German: vorbeikommen (de); auf einen Sprung vorbeikommen; auf Stippvisite kommen Japanese: 立ち寄る (ja) (たちよる, tachiyoru) Korean: 들르다 (ko) (deulleuda) Portuguese: aparecer (pt), passar (pt) Russian: заходи́ть (ru) impf (zaxodítʹ), зайти́ (ru) pf (zajtí) (+ к + dative case), загля́дывать (ru) impf (zagljádyvatʹ), загляну́ть (ru) pf (zagljanútʹ) (+ к + dative case) Swedish: hälsa på (sv), titta förbi (sv), titta in (sv) Tagalog: dumaan, bumisita