drop everything
idiom
: to stop what one is doing
I dropped everything and ran to the window to see what was going on.
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Price hikes haunt Florida evacuees Many Florida residents were in the midst of recovering from Hurricane Helene – removing soaked furniture, tearing down walls, contacting their flood insurance providers – when Hurricane Milton began churning toward the state, forcing them to drop everything again.
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Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024
Even the most dedicated Olympics fanatics among us can’t drop everything all the time.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 2 Aug. 2024
When actor Steve Guttenberg's father Stanley was diagnosed with kidney disease in 2018, the Police Academy and Three Men and a Baby star didn't hesitate to drop everything and drive from Los Angeles to Phoenix once a week to escort him to his dialysis treatments.
—Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
Sightings of birds outside their natural wintering and breeding areas tend to attract the attention of birders, who are known to drop everything to travel to such spots to spot the birds for themselves.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
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Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024
Even the most dedicated Olympics fanatics among us can’t drop everything all the time.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 2 Aug. 2024
When actor Steve Guttenberg's father Stanley was diagnosed with kidney disease in 2018, the Police Academy and Three Men and a Baby star didn't hesitate to drop everything and drive from Los Angeles to Phoenix once a week to escort him to his dialysis treatments.
—Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
Sightings of birds outside their natural wintering and breeding areas tend to attract the attention of birders, who are known to drop everything to travel to such spots to spot the birds for themselves.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
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“Drop everything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drop%20everything. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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