drop everything

idiom

: to stop what one is doing

I dropped everything and ran to the window to see what was going on.

Examples of drop everything in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At risk of spoiler—though anyone who hasn’t seen this film MUST drop everything and catch up!—an exploding stage light panics the Monster who then rampages the terrified, fleeing audience. —Robert C. Wolcott, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025

That is the most instinctive, vulnerable moment to drop everything in order to escape that. —Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 May 2025

And the White House thinks now is a good time to drop everything and do a hasty bilateral trade deal? Trade agreements are wildly complicated affairs in the best of times, taking several months, even years. —William Pesek, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025

In some cases, those with staffers on long-term assignments overseas were told to drop everything and head back to home base. —Harriet Baskas, NBC news, 10 May 2025

Rhymes for drop everything

• anything
• colouring
• nuzzling
• snorkeling
• splattering
• superstring
• underwing
• worshiping
• bing
• bring
• ching
• cling