drop a line and drop a few lines; drop a note



drop someone a line and drop someone a few lines; drop someone a note

to write a letter or a note to someone. (The line refers to lines of writing.) I dropped Aunt Jane a line last Thanks giving. She usually drops me a few lines around the first of the year. Drop me a note when you get a chance.
See also: and, drop, few, line, note

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mnemosyneni-MAWS-ə-nee (English)Greek Mythology
CynthiaSIN-thee-ə (English)English, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Rani (2)-Hebrew
EdmundED-mənd (English), ED-muwnt (German, Polish)English, German, Polish
DagmarDAHK-mahr (German), DAHG-mahr (Finnish)Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, Czech, Slovak, Finnish
Swift[swift]