drop
drɒp
One open hand: a phone, a price, a passenger, a plan
The picture Fingers that were gripping something spread open, and the thing goes down. The one holding it is the one who lets go. FALL happens on its own; DROP is a hand deciding to open.
Where the picture shows up in drop
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Letting an object go
I dropped my phone on the floor.
aɪ drɒpt maɪ foʊn ɒn ðə flɔːr
My phone slipped out onto the floor.
A phone sliding out between fingers and hitting the floor.
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A reading sinking
The temperature dropped sharply overnight.
ðə ˈtemprətʃər drɒpt ˈʃɑːrpli ˌoʊvərˈnaɪt
The temperature went down sharply overnight.
The red line in a thermometer sliding down while everyone sleeps.
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Setting someone down on the way
Could you drop me at the station?
kʊd juː drɒp miː æt ðə ˈsteɪʃən
Could you let me out at the station?
A car pausing at a curb, leaving a passenger, and pulling away.
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Letting a plan go
He dropped the plan after the meeting.
hiː drɒpt ðə plæn ˈæftər ðə ˈmiːtɪŋ
He abandoned the plan after the meeting.
A stack of papers released from the hand and left where it lands.
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Stopping by for a minute
Drop by the office when you have time.
drɒp baɪ ðiː ˈɒfɪs wen juː hæv taɪm
Come by the office when you have time.
Someone passing the door and tipping themselves inside for a moment.
All of it in one picture
DROP is the picture of a grip opening. Let go of an object and it hits the floor; let go of a reading and the number sinks; let go of a passenger and you leave them at the curb; let go of a plan and it is abandoned. Even stopping by for a minute is the sense of tossing yourself down somewhere on the way past. Every DROP has a hand opening somewhere inside it.