drop like a hot potato

English

Etymology

See hot potato.

Verb

drop like a hot potato (third-person singular simple present drops like a hot potato, present participle dropping like a hot potato, simple past and past participle dropped like a hot potato)

1. (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 Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “drop something or someone like a hot potato”, in Collins English Dictionary.