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mic
1[ mahyk ]
Mic.
2abbreviation for
- Micah.
mic
1/ ɪ /
noun
- informal.short for microphone
Mic.
2abbreviation for
- Micah
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of mic1
Idioms and Phrases
- drop the mic, Informal.
- to intentionally drop one’s microphone at the end of a speech or performance, displaying a bold confidence that it has been very impressive or cannot be topped.
- to say or do something with such a bold confidence:
He clearly dropped the mic on his critics, effectively cutting off further discussion.
Example Sentences
After she had spoken for 90 seconds, her mic was cut off.
Musk's hack-and-slash tactics and lack of subtlety on the mic have frustrated Republicans, per the magazine.
Va Lecia Adams Kellum, LAHSA’s chief executive, attempted to spell out her agency’s accomplishments over the past two years, only to have her mic cut off partway into her remarks.
Bush felt obliged to apologize, as did his son George W., when he was seeking the White House eight years later and a hot mic caught him referring to one of the New York Times’ political correspondents as “a major league a—.”
In 2017, Democratic officials took the mic; last night, one speaker noted derisively that sharing the ICE-watch hotline at the protest had done more to protect Boston than all its Democratic representatives put together.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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