Drop and Prefer

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Drop verb - To cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally.

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Prefer is an antonym for drop.

Nearby Words: dropped, dropping, droplet, dropout, dropper

Prefer verb - To show partiality toward.

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Drop is an antonym for prefer in favor topic.

idea	drop idea	prefer idea
name	drop name	prefer name
stuff	drop stuff	prefer stuff
series	drop series	prefer series
Other words: money, food, title, sword, armor, weapons, guns.

Subverted in this article, proving that when you do say "I Am Pretty", you're basically shocking and pissing off everyone around and would prefer you to name drop the trope instead.

Source: I Am Not Pretty
Metaphorically True: Hera is perfectly capable of lying, although she would prefer to think of it as "tactically misrepresenting available data." Mood Whiplash: "Cataracts and Hurricanoes" goes from a jokey Eiffel plot to a tense man overboard-emergency at the drop of a hat.

Source: Podcast / Wolf 359
To make things easier, they usually prefer two cubes of sugar, and a drop of virgin blood for creamer.

Source: Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?

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