pop in

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Verb

pop in - enter briefly; "He popped in for two minutes"

come in, enter, get in, go in, go into, move into, get into - to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes"

pop out - exit briefly; "He popped out for a quick coffee break"

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verb

1. To make a sudden sharp, explosive noise:

bang, bark, clap, crack, snap.

2. To come open or fly apart suddenly and violently, as from internal pressure:

blow (out), burst, explode.

Slang: bust.

3. To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply:

bash, catch, clout, hit, knock, slam, slog, slug, smash, smite, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop.

Informal: biff, bop, clip, wallop.

Slang: belt, conk, paste.

Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone.

phrasal verb
pop in

To go to or seek out the company of in order to socialize:

call, come by, come over, drop by, drop in, look in, look up, run in, see, stop (by or in), visit.

Idiom: pay a visit.

phrasal verb
pop off

Informal. To cease living:

decease, demise, depart, die, drop, expire, go, pass away, pass (on), perish, succumb.

Slang: check out, croak, kick in, kick off.

Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end, pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes.

noun

A sudden sharp, explosive noise:

bang, bark, clap, crack, explosion, rat-a-tat-tat, report, snap.

Translations

w>pop in

(inf)

vt sep → hineintun; to pop something in(to) something → etw in etw (acc) → stecken or werfen (inf)

vi (= visit) → auf einen Sprung vorbeikommen (inf); to pop in for a short chat → auf einen kleinen Schwatz hereinschauen (inf); she kept popping in and out → sie lief dauernd rein und raus; we just popped into the pub for a quickie → wir gingen kurz in die Kneipe, um einen zu heben (inf); just pop in any time you’re passing → komm doch mal vorbei, wenn du in der Gegend bist (inf)

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On the ground floor it has opened one of 16 new "Pop In" advice and information centres that it is providing across the UK following three years of development and restructuring.

British Legion leases new office accommodation in city centre

PC Atkin said: "We hope people will take this opportunity to pop in and ask us about policing matters."

Chats on crime

``They are in their gardens or they pop in to see a neighbour and invariably forget to lock their doors and often leave their windows open to ventilate their homes.

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