dropping by
Making impromptu visit
Dropping by is visiting someone casually and briefly, often without advance notice: I was just dropping by to say hello.
The phrase suggests informality—you're in the area, you stop in, you don't stay long.
She's always dropping by unannounced.
The past tense dropped by works the same way: He dropped by earlier.
- arrivingReaching a destination
- visitingGoing to see someone
- paying a visitGoing to see someone
- briefShort in duration
- catching upClosing a distance
spontaneous · fleeting · swing by · pop in · coming over · unplanned · checking in · look in on · approaching · occasional · impromptu · surprise visit · passing through · on the way · momentary · short-lived · hanging out · house call
- casual visitspopping in, stopping by, pop-in, quick visit
- hospitalityhotel, hotels, warmth, kindness, welcome
- casual interactionssmall talk, chitchat, waving, smiling, water cooler talk
- Dutch cultureSinterklaas, stroopwafels, tulips, gezelligheid, bitterballen
- intrusionsintrusion, intrude, intruder, intruding, barging in
- workaroundsworkaround, workarounds, fixes, hacks, quick fix
dropping byscheduled visit
Prearranged time to come
by appointment only · formal invitation · RSVPing · prearranging
dropping bymoving in
Establishing new residence
taking up residence · settling in · camping out · making oneself at home · overstaying
dropping byleaving
Act of going away
departing · heading out · taking off · saying goodbye · clearing out
drop, dropping, drops, dropped, dropper, droplet, droplets, droppers