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[drive like Jehu]{v. phr.}, {informal} To drive very fast, carelessly or recklessly. •/When Joe is late for work, he drives like Jehu./

[drive one ape], [bananas], [crazy], [mad] or [nuts]{v. phr.}, {informal} To irritate, frustrate, or tickle someone’s fancy so badly that they think they are going insane. •/"Stop teasing me, Mary," John said. "You are driving me nuts."/ •/"You are driving me bananas with all your crazy riddles," Steve said./

[drive one round the bend]{v. phr.}, {informal} To upset someone so much that they think they are going crazy. •/"Slow down, please," Miss Jones cried. "You are driving me around the bend!"/ Contrast: DRIVE ONE APE, BANANAS, ETC.

[driver] See: BACKSEAT DRIVER.

[drive to the wall]{v. phr.} To defeat someone completely; to ruin someone. •/Poor Uncle Jack was driven to the wall by his angry creditors when his business failed./ Compare: GO TO THE WALL.

[drive someone bananas] or [drive someone nuts] or [drive someone ape] {v. phr.}, {slang}{informal} To excite someone to the point that he or she goes out of his or her mind; to drive someone crazy. •/You’re driving me bananas/nuts with that kind of talk!]

[drop] See: AT THE DROP OF A HAT, BOTTOM DROP OUT, JAW DROP or JAW DROP A MILE.

[drop a line]{v. phr.} To write someone a short letter or note. •/Please drop me a line when you get to Paris; I’d like to know that you’ve arrived safely./

[drop back]{v.} To move or step backwards; retreat. •/The soldiers dropped back before the enemy’s attack./ •/The quarterback dropped back to pass the football./ Compare: DRAW BACK, FADE BACK, FALL BACK.

[drop by] or [stop by]{v.} 1. or [drop around] To make a short or unplanned visit; go on a call or errand; stop at someone’s home. •/Drop by any time you’re in town./ •/Mv sister dropped around last night./ •/Don’t forget to stop by at the gas station./ Syn.: DROP IN. 2. or [drop into] To stop (somewhere) for a short visit or a short time. •/We dropped by the club to see if Bill was there, but he wasn’t./ •/I dropped into the drugstore for some toothpaste and a magazine./

[drop by the wayside] See: FALL BY THE WAYSIDE.

[drop dead]{v.}, {slang} To go away or be quiet; stop bothering someone. — Usually used as a command, •/"Drop dead!" Bill told his little sister when she kept begging to help him build his model airplane./ •/When Sally bumped into Kate’s desk and spilled ink for the fifth time, Kate told her to drop dead./ Compare: BEAT IT, GET LOST.

[drop in]{v.} To make a short or unplanned visit; pay a call. — Often used with "on". •/We were just sitting down to dinner when Uncle Willie dropped in./ •/The Smiths dropped in on some old friends on their vacation trip to New York./ Syn.: DROP BY, RUN IN(2).

[drop in the bucket]{n. phr.} A relatively small amount; a small part of the whole. •/Our university needs several million dollars for its building renovation project; $50,000 is a mere drop in the bucket./

[drop name]{v. phr.} To impress people by mentioning famous names. •/He likes to pretend he’s important by dropping a lot of names./

[drop off]{v.} 1. To take (someone or something) part of the way you are going. •/Joe asked Mrs. Jones to drop him off at the library on her way downtown./ 2. To go to sleep. •/Jimmy was thinking of his birthday party as he dropped off to sleep./ 3. To die. •/The patient dropped off in his sleep./ 4. or [fall off] To become less. •/Business picked up in the stores during December, but dropped off again after Christmas./ Contrast PICK UP(14).

[dropout]{n.} Someone who did not finish school, high school and college primarily. •/Tim is having a hard time getting a better job as he was a high-school dropout./ •/Jack never got his B.A. as he became a college dropout./

[drop out]{v.} To stop attending; quit; stop; leave. •/In the middle of the race, Joe got a blister on his foot and had to drop out./ •/Teenagers who drop out of high school have trouble finding jobs./

[drown one’s sorrows] or [drown one’s troubles]{v. phr.}, {informal} To drink liquor to try to forget something unhappy. •/When his wife was killed in an auto accident, Mr. Green tried to drown his sorrows in whiskey./ •/When Fred lost his job and had to give up his new car, he tried to drown his troubles at the nearest tavern./

[drown one’s troubles] See: DROWN ONE’S SORROWS.

[drown out]{v.} To make so much noise that it is impossible to hear (some other sound). •/The children’s shouts drowned out the music./ •/The actor’s words were drowned out by applause./

[drum up]{v.} 1. To get by trying or asking again and again; attract or encourage by continued effort. •/The car dealer tried to drum up business by advertising low prices./ 2. To invent. •/I will drum up an excuse for coming to see you next week./ Syn.: MAKE UP(2), THINK UP.