You'll have to get off at the front door.

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mampwamp

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I put you down at the front door.
You'll have to get off at the front door.

Send friend to company by car and want to put him down at the front door.
How to say it?
 
"Drop him at the front door."

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You "drop someone off" at the front door.
 
Is "off" optional?
 
To put someone down is to insult him.

To put an animal down is to euthanize it.
 
Is "off" optional?
In my dialect, it's wrong. If it's a parcel, you can drop it at the front door.
For people, especially in polite language, "drop off" is much preferable. Casually, "I'll drop you at the front door" is OK, but I'd use "drop off" by default.
 
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/drop_1 Definition#9
Both examples have no "off", that may be not impolite outside Australia.

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Hello Matthew :)

Please see "drop off" def. 2

2 drop somebody/something ↔ off to take someone or something to a place by car and leave them there on your way to another place:

I'll drop you off on my way home.

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Hello Winwin :)

"She dropped Johnny at the school gates at about 8:30."── quoted from Definition#9
That's why I guess "off" is optional.

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