Citations:drop the mic

Verb: "(slang, idiomatic) to do or say something decisive, meaningful, or impressive"

 * 2012, Steph Harmon, "Meta Is Better", Brag, Issue 466, 11 June 2012, page 26:
 * In their past work, both Whedon and Goddard have shown an inclination to embrace tropes so tightly that you're forced to question them – and with Cabin, as one journalist in the room suggests, 'There's kind of a sense of this movie dropping the mic [on the genre] and walking away like, 'There it is guys. Ball's in your court.'
 * 2014, Wesley Morris, "Toronto Film Festival Diary: John Cusack As a Beach Boy, Jon Stewart and Chris Rock As Directors, and Naomi Watts ‘Dancing’ to 2Pac", Grantland, 9 September 2014:
 * I feel bad for the news outfits and bloggers who come here ready to drop the mic on Oscar season.
 * 2014, Tina Chadha, "Rodarte", Metro (Boston), 11 September 2014, page 11:
 * Rodarte just dropped the mic on fashion week. After last season's esoteric tribute to "Star Wars" – really, how many women would wear a gown emblazoned with a giant Luke Skywalker? – sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy's dazzling spring outing mixed the right amount of fantasy and commercial appeal.
 * 2015, Joe O'Shanksy, "Miracles happen: George Miller drops the mic with 'Max Max: Fury Road'", The Tulsa Voice, Volume 2, Number 11, 20 May 2015 - 2 June 2015, page 40 (used in title only)