drop the mic

drop the mic

1. To dramatically drop one's microphone (or, often, to mimic such a motion) after a particularly decisive or impressive performance, action, or statement. Did you see him drop the mic after that rap battle?
2. By extension, to perform a decisive or impressive action. Dude just dropped the mic with that dunk!
See also: drop, mic
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • mic
  • mic drop
  • drop it
  • Drop it!
  • drop trou
  • drop in
  • drop in(to) (something)
  • drop over
  • drop your trousers
  • drop (one's) trousers
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Kellyanne Conway, senior counselor to the president, tweeted "Drop the Mic" over a video clip of Mueller reading from his opening statement that "The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian government in its election interference activities."
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Drop the mic. The publisher never brought it up again.
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At the end let's finally, emphatically drop the mic
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I went through everything: I won, I lost, I broke my leg, I failed tests but how great it would be to come back, win this fight, fight for the title, win that belt, give my interview in the Octagon and "drop the mic"(like Obama, he said).
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Those are men who know that when there's nothing left to say, you drop the mic.
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In the loved-up snap, the Drop The Mic host sat in the lap of her new fiance and kissed his cheek.
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He is also a partner in production company Fulwell 73, which makes The Late Late Show's spin-offs based on its most popular segments Carpool Karaoke and Drop The Mic, as well as a string of documentaries and scripted offerings.
I've always had a glint in my eye but it's not really for mischief, it's mostly just fun; ActorJames Corden is now a Hollywood heavyweight. He tells LAURA HARDING how he has enjoyed returning to his British roots to lend his voice to a mischievous rabbit
He is also a partner in production company Fulwell 73, who make The Late Late Show's spin-offs based on the most popular segments, Carpool Karaoke and Drop The Mic, as well as a string of documentaries and scripted offerings.
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The handler added: "I think I'll have to ask the owners, but I'm pretty sure I can drop the mic and say he's retired." Flynn is co-owned by Patrina and Bruce Odette, Lindsay Van Keuren, Lorrie Carlton and Larry Letsche.
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