drop like a hot potato
English
Etymology
See hot potato.
Verb
drop like a hot potato
- (simile, transitive, informal) To get rid of or stop doing as quickly as possible.
- Synonyms: drop like a hot brick, drop like a bad habit
Further reading
- “drop sb sth like a hot potato” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- “drop something or someone like a hot potato” in the Collins English Dictionary