hear a pin drop meaning

[American slang]
v. phr. Absolute silence. It's so quiet in the room you could hear a pin drop.

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1. when he spoke at the meeting, you would hear a pin drop.
2. and it's so quiet that you could hear a pin drop
3. it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop on the floor
4. "please be quiet, we need to hear a pin drop.
5. could hear a pin drop