drop into
Stop at a place quickly, or start doing something (like speaking with an accent) almost without noticing.
Meanings
To enter a shop, café, building, or other place briefly and informally.
"On the way home I dropped into the chemist's to pick up some aspirin."
To slip naturally and without much effort into a habit, style, state, or way of speaking.
"After a week back home, she found herself dropping into her old regional accent."
To introduce a word, phrase, or remark into a conversation casually.
"He managed to drop a reference to his Ivy League education into every conversation."
The sense of entering a place casually is very common in everyday usage. The sense of slipping into a habit, accent, or state is more figurative and common in literary or thoughtful registers.
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