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drop someone/something like a hot potato
idiom informal
to quickly stop being involved with someone or something because you stop liking that person or thing or you think they will cause problems for you: 立即摆脱，马上放弃
He dropped the plan like a hot potato when he realized how much it would cost him.当他意识到这个计划的代价后立即就放弃了这个烫手的山芋。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Removing and getting rid of things
abandonment
banish
be scattered to the four windsidiom
bin
cast someone/something aside/away/off
dumping
eradication of something
erase
erasure
evacuate
evacuate someone from something
evacuation
shedding
shoo
shrug
shrug something off
shuck
sling
toss
turf
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