drop across

drop across (someone or something)

1. To fall on and splay across someone or something. The garland fell and dropped across the lower branches of the Christmas tree.
2. To fall (or to place down), either across a gap or blocking something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "drop" and "across." The tree dropped across the road, blocking traffic for hours. Drop that towel across the spill until we can find a mop.
See also: across, drop
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

drop something across something

to let something fall in such a way that a span is bridged; to let something fall in such a way that a pathway is blocked. Let's drop a little rug across the threshold. They dropped a huge boulder across the road so no one could pass.
See also: across, drop

drop across someone or something

[for something long or wide] to fall on and lay on someone or something. A snake dropped across the hood of the tourist bus as it passed under a tree. As I lay sleeping, a ceiling panel dropped across me and woke me up.
See also: across, drop
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • drop across (someone or something)
  • push (someone or something) across (something)
  • push across
  • go across (something) to (someone or something)
  • go across to
  • get (something) across to (one)
  • ferry across
  • send across
  • extend across
  • extend across (something)
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Louis Armstrong International Airport officials say water pressure and heating has been restored after freezing temperatures caused pressure to drop across Jefferson Parish on Thursday.
Water pressure, heating restored at airport
The next most popular area for buying apartments, Al Khan, saw prices drop across 1, 2 and 3-beds, to AED 467k, AED 824k and AED 1.05M, respectively.
Sharjah Rents and Sales Prices Drop Slightly in 2017: Report
It was a similar drop across the board for all claimants in Dumfries and Galloway.
Drop in jobless figures
Yesterday, the 18-month-old girl was in a stable condition as flood waters began to drop across the Houston area.
Floods tot was in dead mum's arms
Designers and engineers are sometimes concerned about the voltage drop across a trace.
Voltage drops across traces and vias: overcoming problems of nominal dimensions of the trace and board to calculate resistance
CEJN says it is a fact that every 1 bar in pressure drop across a pneumatic system that is avoided saves 10% running cost at the compressor.
Switch to save energy
The biggest drivers of the full-cycle cost drop across the sample were lower FD&A and production costs.
Fitch: Full-Cycle Costs Drop Again for North American E&Ps
Most operators managed to meet TRAI's recommended maximum level of 2% overall call drop across all circles, barring Aircel and BSNL.
Call drops on the rise amid increasing number of users
In its forecast for Wednesday, the centre said: "Temperatures are set to drop across UAE and rain is expected on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in some parts of the country."
Rain predicted to hit the UAE this week
SWAT -- A three-day anti polio campaign will begin from February 15, wherein over 442,000 children up to the age of five would be administered anti polio drop across the district.
Anti polio drive to commence from Feb 15
Temperatures are likely to see a significant drop across Qatar today, according to the weather report, which has also forecast strong winds in some parts of the country.
Significant drop in temperatures across Qatar expected today
Dubai: Temperatures continue to drop across the UAE with night-time lows already falling well below seasonal average lows of around 20 degrees Celsius.
Mercury drops lower in UAE