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Business English vocabulary · Phone and Video Calls

Drop off

Meaning in business english, with examples

phrasal verbCommon term

In business english, drop off means: To leave an online meeting or call before it ends, either on purpose or because the connection is lost.

In Turkish: görüşmeden ayrılmak, görüşmeden düşmek, toplantıdan çıkmak

How it is used

Common in video meetings: 'I need to drop off at 3', 'Sorry, I dropped off; what did I miss?' Similar phrases: 'leave the call', 'jump off'.

Example sentences

  1. I have to drop off in five minutes for another meeting.

  2. Elena dropped off the call, so let's wait for her to rejoin.

Common collocations

  • drop off the call
  • need to drop off
  • drop off early
  • jump off the call
  • hop on a callTo start or join a quick, informal phone or video call, usually to sort something out faster than by email.
  • break upOn a phone or video call, to sound unclear or cut in and out because of a weak signal or a poor internet connection.
  • conference callA phone or online call in which three or more people in different places talk together at the same time.
  • muteTo switch off your own microphone, or someone else's, on a call so that the others cannot hear any sound from it.

This word in other fields

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