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drop everything
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(Definition of drop everything from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Stop having or doing something
Synonyms and related words:
- abdicate verb (KING/QUEEN)
- abdicate verb (NOT DO)
- break with sth phrasal verb
- cede verb
- chuck sth in phrasal verb
- forfeit adjective
- forfeit noun
- forgo verb
- forsake verb (STOP)
- forswear verb
- grow out of sth phrasal verb (INTEREST)
- kick the habit idiom
- lay off (sth/sb) phrasal verb
- leave go/hold of sth idiom
- leave off (sth/doing sth) phrasal verb
- let up phrasal verb (STOP)
- renounce verb
- renunciation noun
- sacrifice verb (GIVE UP)
- turn your back on sth idiom
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to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that they are not worth having
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