If he had dropped the old thing, it might have gone off.

Either that, or to drop the whole thing and mind his own business.

I would have dropped the thing, but Data's hands wouldn't let me.

Maybe I'll understand and agree to drop the whole thing.

It was so hot he almost had to drop the thing.

He turned it, and then nearly dropped the thing when the figure's legs started to move.

She had small white hands, the kind that would drop things all over the kitchen.

With luck, a new administration may even drop the whole thing.

By which I mean, you do me a favor, and then we drop the whole thing, nothing further is said.

I nearly drop the thing, and now my hands are shaking.