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DROP LIKE FLIES

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There is 1 meaning of the phrase Drop Like Flies.

Drop Like Flies - as a verb

Rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers

Example: "The contestants dropped like flies when the thermometer hit one hundred degrees"

Example Sentences

"In the intense heat, the runners began to drop like flies."
"The exhausted marathon runners began to drop like flies."
"The stress caused some employees to drop like flies and request leaves."
"The lack of rainfall caused the plants to drop like flies in the scorching summer."
"During the famine, starvation caused people to drop like flies."
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