What does dropped off mean?

[Jutta]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #182 "Who wants to be a millionaire?", question 8

A 45-year-old cook from Sydney ......... three weeks after winning 10 million dollars in the lottery.

(a) dropped away
(b) dropped out
(c) dropped off
(d) dropped dead

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #182 "Who wants to be a millionaire?", answer 8

A 45-year-old cook from Sydney dropped dead three weeks after winning 10 million dollars in the lottery.

Correct answer: (d) dropped dead

Your answer was: incorrect
A 45-year-old cook from Sydney dropped off three weeks after winning 10 million dollars in the lottery.
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what does dropped off mean?

Jutta

[Alan]

Hi,

As Isaac Newton discovered, apples drop off trees.

Alan
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English as a Second Language
You can read my ESL story Present Simple

[Aiken]

Dear teachers,

What is the difference between "drop dead" and simple "died" here?

Thanks in adavance.

Aiken
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Man proposes; God disposes

[Beeesneees]

'Drop dead' indicates great suddenness.

"He had a heart attack and dropped dead on the spot."
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Cheers m' dears!