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Kemsoi Posted 14 years ago
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what do " drop... against" and " in return" or "in exchange" in the sentence below"

"Actress Shoron Stone has dropped a libel law suit against a plastic surgeon in return for him perfoming charity work. Dr Calabria will perform free surgery on children with facial deformiets"
  

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i want to ask what this sentence mean
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The actress had sued the surgeon for libel -- that is, she began a lawsuit against him, claiming that he had said false things about her. Then, in exchange for his promise to perform free surgery for charity, she agreed to drop the lawsuit -- to cancel or stop the lawsuit.

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