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drop a line
Correspond, write a short letter or note. For example, I hope you'll drop me a line soon. This idiom uses line in the sense of “a few words in writing,” a usage first recorded in 1647.
Example Sentences
Aaron Judge dropped a line drive in center field for his first error all season.
Sánchez didn’t get any help from Vargas in the fifth; the third baseman dropped a line drive by Starling Marte while trying to transfer the ball from his glove to his throwing hand.
Late on a video conference call with reporters this week, Washington Football Team star Chase Young dropped a line that almost ignited as he spoke.
Around that same time, Ant Williams, an Australian free diver, and his team took to snowmobiles in the remote north of Norway, where they cut a hole and dropped a line in a deep lake.
Typically “drop a line” is the Rainier Beach football coach helping his players reach out to college scouts.
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