dump
verb/dʌmp/
/dʌmp/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they dump | /dʌmp/ /dʌmp/ |
| he / she / it dumps | /dʌmps/ /dʌmps/ |
| past simple dumped | /dʌmpt/ /dʌmpt/ |
| past participle dumped | /dʌmpt/ /dʌmpt/ |
| -ing form dumping | /ˈdʌmpɪŋ/ /ˈdʌmpɪŋ/ |
- dump something to get rid of something you do not want, especially in a place that is not suitable
- Too much toxic waste is being dumped at sea.
- The dead body was just dumped by the roadside.
- Any vessel dumping at sea without a licence will be prosecuted.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- illegally
- legally
- unceremoniously
- …
- dump somebody/something (on somebody) (informal) to get rid of somebody/something or leave them for somebody else to deal with
- He's got no right to keep dumping his problems on me.
- dump something (business) to get rid of goods by selling them at a very low price, often in another country
- dump something/somebody (informal) to put something/somebody down in a careless or untidy way
- Just dump your stuff over there—we'll sort it out later.
Extra Examples- He dumped the boxes down in the kitchen.
- They carried him down to the beach and dumped him unceremoniously in the freezing water.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- illegally
- legally
- unceremoniously
- …
- dump somebody (informal) to end a romantic relationship with somebody
- Did you hear he's dumped his girlfriend?
- dump something to copy information and move it somewhere to store it
get rid of
put down
end relationship
computing
Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps from Old Norse; related to Danish dumpe and Norwegian dumpa ‘fall suddenly’ (the original sense in English); in later use partly imitative; compare with thump.
Idioms
See dump in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarydrop/dump something in somebody’s lap
- (informal) to make something the responsibility of another person
- They dropped the problem firmly back in my lap.
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