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# {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[die]] [[suddenly]].
#* {{quote-book|en|1953|{{w|Ray Bradbury}}|{{w|Fahrenheit 451 }}|passage=Stuff your eyes with wonder {{...}}live as if you'd '''drop dead''' in ten seconds. See the world. It's more fantastic than any dream made or paid for in factories.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|date=Nov 23 1988|author=Bill Watterson|title=Calvin & Hobbes|passage=Boy, I'm in a bad mood today! Everyone had better steer clear of me! I hate <u>everybody</u>! As far as I'm concerned, everyone on the planet can just '''drop dead'''. People are scum.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|figuratively}} To be [[appalled]] or [[mortified]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1965|author=James Holledge
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