DROP LIKE FLIES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drop like flies mean? 

• DROP LIKE FLIES (verb)
  The verb DROP LIKE FLIES has 1 sense:

1. rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers

  Familiarity information: DROP LIKE FLIES used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DROP LIKE FLIES (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Context example:

the contestants dropped like flies when the thermometer hit one hundred degrees

Hypernyms (to "drop like flies" is one way to...):

break down; collapse (collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack)

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