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drop a bombshell
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Idioms and Phrases
Make an unexpected or shattering announcement. For example, Bill dropped a bombshell when he said he was quitting . This expression, which alludes to the destruction caused by a falling bomb, dates from World War I.Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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