Drop a call?On to?Meaning? My friend Eric Ripert has never been to mainland China. And due, perhaps, to his adherence to the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism—and a friendship with Richard Gere—he had con

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Drop a call?On to?Meaning? My friend Eric Ripert has never been to mainland China. And due, perhaps, to his adherence to the teachings of Tibetan Buddhism—and a friendship with Richard Gere—he had concerns about what kind of a welcome he’d receive. For the first few nights, he slept with a tin foil helmet around his head, convinced, (every time his cell phone dropped a call that “they” were on to him). I assured him repeatedly that he was the very last person any Chinese secret services would give a shit about, but he was unconvinced. Nonetheless, his paranoia was acute. What does the sentence in brackets mean? Thank you.

Nov 19, 2016 5:51 AM

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Dropping a call is when your call disconnects in the middle of the call. It can happen in an elevator or in a tunnel - or sometimes just at random (you're talking and all of a sudden there's no connection between you and the other person). It's usually due to a weak signal or some kind of glitch. That part of the sentence means that the friend thought that the calls were being intentionally disrupted by the Chinese government.

November 19, 2016

I think it means "every time his cell phone received a call", using drop here in this context seems like every time his phone receives a call its harming him in some way, as if "dropping" something on him to deal with.

November 19, 2016

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