laisser tomber (un sujet) : to drop, to forget about, to stop discussing (a topic)
Laisse tomber ! : Forget it! Forget about it! Drop it!
In verlan (a form of French slang in which sounds are inverted), laisse tomber becomes laisse béton (tom-ber -> bé-ton). Béton means "concrete".

Cela ne sert à rien de continuer, laisse tomber !

laisser tomber (un objet) : to drop (an object)

Tu as laissé tomber tes clés. You dropped your keys.

laisser tomber (quelqu'un) : to dump, to split up with, to abandon (someone)
  • "L’ex de Bertrand : C’est fini, je te dis. Laisse tomber !"
  • "Voix off : Et on peut laisser tomber"
  • "Voix off : Qu’est-ce qu’on peut laisser tomber ?"
  • "Ne me laisse pas tomber !"
  • "Bertrand Lefebvre : Chérie, tu as laissé tomber quelque chose."
  • "Voix off : On peut laisser tomber"
  • "Bertrand : Laisse béton... la vie est trop dure."

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