drop like flies (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 29
def rapidly collapse, die, or drop out in large numbers
examples the contestants dropped like flies when the thermometer hit one hundred degrees
Frame - 1 Something ----s
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
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Hypernym break down, collapse
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Hyponym break down, collapse

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