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[Jerry Chen]

Hello,

My question is:

In this sentence, "The waiter drops off menus and two glasses of water."

What does "drop off" here mean?

I appreciate your reply.

[alan.es]

It means that the waiter leaves these things as he is passing by.

It's an unusual verb to describe the way a waiter would usually do his work. You can only assume that , in context, the writer is trying to say or describe a rather casual, unprofessional manner from the waiter.