drop trow
To pull down one's trousers (pants).
trow
UK /tɹəʊ/ US /tɹoʊ/
noun 4verb 2name 2
Collocations
2ADJ.
aspe'rous, worst
PREP.
on, since
Definitions
verb
1
To trust or believe.
...Sure (he said) my wife shall never know Of this escape, and if she do, I know the worst I trow She can but chide, shall feare of chiding make me to forslow?
Finding me stick to her still like wax, for my mettle was up as hers was, away she flew with me swifter than ever I went before, or since, I trow.
2
To have confidence in, or to give credence to.
noun
1
Trust or faith.
noun
1
Any of several flat-bottomed sailing boats used for fishing or for carrying bulk goods.
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...Sure (he said) my wife shall never know Of this escape, and if she do, I know the worst I trow She can but chide, shall feare of chiding make me to forslow?
Wiktionary02
Finding me stick to her still like wax, for my mettle was up as hers was, away she flew with me swifter than ever I went before, or since, I trow.
Wiktionary03
"And as their valour, so you trow, defied on aspe'rous voyage cruel harm and sore, so many changing skies their manhood tried, such climes where storm-winds blow and billows roar[.]"
Wiktionary04
The Trows are of a diminutive stature, and they are usually dressed in gay green garments.
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In some senses, trow is marked as archaic, dated. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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