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drop front
drop goal
drop hammer
drop handlebars
drop in
drop-in
drop-in center
drop into
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drop over or around
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drop back or behind
drop back or behind


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
gradually get farther behind: to move more slowly than other people and gradually fall farther behind them
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