Meaning of drop into | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Synonym of lay into (“beat up or attack”).
   archaic, slang
2. To visit.
   UK, informal
3. To thrust (someone) into a situation.
   informal

Equivalents

Examples

“The reins were evidently useless, and it was a matter for the whip, whether I could hit hard enough. […] However, I dropped into him with such effect that he became in as great a hurry to cross the road as the proverbial duck before thunder.”

“He dropped me into a gang shootout.”

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