DROP LIKE FLIES

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers

Example:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

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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