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)
• 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