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DROP ONE'S SERVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drop one's serve mean?
• DROP ONE'S SERVE (verb)
The verb DROP ONE'S SERVE has 1 sense:
1. lose a game in which one is serving
Familiarity information: DROP ONE'S SERVE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lose a game in which one is serving
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "drop one's serve" is one way to...):
lose (fail to win)
Domain category:
lawn tennis; tennis (a game played with rackets by two or four players who hit a ball back and forth over a net that divides the court)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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