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(simile, transitive, informal) To get rid of or stop doing as quickly as possible.

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drop like a hot potato

Source Word

drop like a hot potato

Verb

informal transitive

(simile, transitive, informal) To get rid of or stop doing as quickly as possible.

Japanese Meaning

すぐに（不要なものや状況）を捨てる、手放す / 即刻、関与を断つ、やめる

After the phone recordings were released, his teammates dropped him like a hot potato.

録音が公開されると、チームメイトたちは彼を即座に切り捨てた。

Sense（1）

(simile, transitive, informal) To get rid of or stop doing as quickly as possible.

drops like a hot potato

（ present singular third-person ）

dropping like a hot potato

（ participle present ）

dropped like a hot potato

（ participle past ）

dropped like a hot potato

（ past ）