Dropping Everything
- Dropping Everything
- How common is this idiom?: This idiom is moderately used among younger generations, mainly in informal conversations and social media. While it's not a trendy phrase, it's still widely understood and used in everyday language.
- Literal Meaning: To drop everything means to release or let go of all objects or responsibilities at once.
- Actual Idiomatic Meaning: To stop whatever one is doing immediately and attend to something else, often unexpectedly or urgently.
- I was in the middle of cooking dinner, but when I heard my baby cry, I dropped everything and rushed to her room.
- When the fire alarm went off, everyone dropped everything and evacuated the building.
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