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drop

1.
a fall

2.
the amount of space left when a text starts lower down the page than normal There should be a 10mm drop at the beginning of the chapter.

â– verb

1.
to fall Sales have dropped by

10%.

2.
to bring down the text, leaving a blank space The chapter entry should be dropped six lines.

3.
to unlock the forme after printing, so as to release the type which is then ready for distribution

4.
to decide not to do or use something any more We decided to drop the title from the Spring list.

The education committee have dropped our Geography course from their list of adoptions.

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