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what s the meaning of " drop into conversation" in this sentence? the story is about a man having too many relationships with women.?
" Then he dropped into conversation that Janey was the sister of Miriam Pendergast, with whom we d gone to high school."
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- busterwasmycatLv 74 years ago
drop in means to just put into the conversation but with no real reason (it is not important to the rest of the conversation). Fits with the same idea as name-dropper (someone who finds a way to always mention the names of important people they know even when those people have nothing to do with the conversation).
drop in means insert (put in), but gives it the idea of accidental insertion whereas put in gives the idea of it having been done on purpose.
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- CaraLv 74 years ago
It means that he happened to mention this fact, while a conversation about something else was going on.
- Anonymous4 years ago
The meaning is that the "he" concerned name-dropped a well known celebrity, as is the wont of someone given to bragging about his many female conquests. His intention was not merely to give incidental information, but to enhance his own self-importance. The wording "he dropped into conversation" is perfectly idiomatic.
- Anonymous4 years ago
Something that is revealed in passing, rather than being the main focus of a statement.
"I didn't know he had a glass eye until it came out in the conversation."
- 4 years ago
At that point he dropped into discussion that Janey was the sister of Miriam Pendergast, with whom we d gone to secondary school."