Blow
Blow verb - Spend lavishly or wastefully on.
Usage example: He blew a lot of money on his new home theater
Drop
Drop verb - To hand over or use up in payment.
Usage example: I dropped $50 on these shoes
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| good | good blow | good drop |
| low | low blow | low drop |
| certain | certain blow | certain drop |
| single | single blow | single drop |
| Other adjectives: sharp, strong, actual, hard, severe, massive, large, big, huge, slight, bad, major, dramatic, final, deadly, fatal, lethal, accidental, significant, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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One episode has Rico get cast adrift in one of these due to a glancing blow in mid-drop.
Source: Drop Pod -
He's had guns jam and blow up on him, and once had a jetpack blow its engines, causing him to drop hundreds of feet in freefall into a vampire castle.
Source: Walking Techbane -
He'll match you blow for blow and shot for shot, and the solution is to drop your weapons.
Source: Sheathe Your Sword
Cite this Source
Drop and Blow. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/blow/drop
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Drop or Blow. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/blow/drop.
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