drop like flies

Other forms: dropping like flies; dropped like flies

Definitions of drop like flies
  1. verb
    rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers
    “the contestants dropped like flies when the thermometer hit one hundred degrees”
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    type of:
    break down, collapse
    collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack
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