drop off

Meaning

To take someone or something to a specific destination and leave them there. In a travel context, it is frequently used for taxi rides, airport runs, or returning a rental car.

Examples

• Can you drop me off at the airport terminal?

  Can you drop me off at the airport terminal?

• I need to drop off the rental car before my flight at noon.

  I need to drop off the rental car before my flight at noon.

• The taxi driver dropped us off right in front of our hotel.

  The taxi driver dropped us off right in front of our hotel.

• Where is the best place to drop off passengers at this train station?

  Where is the best place to drop off passengers at this train station?

• He offered to drop off my bags at the hotel while I went to the meeting.

  He offered to drop off my bags at the hotel while I went to the meeting.

Common Mistakes

• ✗ Can you drop off me at the station?

  ✓ Can you drop me off at the station?

  When the object of the phrasal verb 'drop off' is a pronoun (like me, him, them), it must go between 'drop' and 'off'.

• ✗ I will drop you down at the hotel.

  ✓ I will drop you off at the hotel.

  'Drop down' means to move downward. 'Drop off' is the correct phrasal verb for delivering someone to a place.

Related Expressions

Practice

• The shuttle bus will ___ passengers at Terminal 2.

  💡 To deliver and leave passengers at a destination.

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  drop off

• Could you please ___ me ___ at the corner of the street?

  💡 To let someone out of a car (split phrasal verb).

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  drop off