'drop the proposal' is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in the context of a business or other organization. For example, "After a lengthy discussion, the committee decided to drop the proposal to hire a new manager."
Ms. Norton has turned aside appeals from Governor Bush to drop the proposal.
Truss told BBC's Radio 4 programme there was no plan to drop the proposal.
Still, McConnell's decision to drop the proposal served only to complicate the negotiations.
On Wednesday night, dozens of boat owners crowded into a public hearing to make impassioned pleas to drop the proposal.
Later the Europe minister David Lidington went further, suggesting in the House of Commons that the Government was prepared to drop the proposal altogether.
In a depressing victory for nimbyism, last week the government announced it was willing to drop the proposal to reach a settlement with the group.
The government now has to decide whether to drop the proposals or to alter them fundamentally.
The GMB has also put intense private pressure on Miliband to drop the proposals, saying they were unacceptable.
During the 1980s, 31percentt of general strikes in Western Europe caused governments to change or drop the proposals that had provoked the strike.
We managed to convince almost every national paper of our position, and on 13 October 2008, an overwhelming defeat in the House of Lords prompted the government to drop the proposals.
The Prime Minister has faced strong opposition to his plan to make migrant workers wait four years before they can claim in-work benefits such as tax credits, and reports over the weekend suggested he was prepared to drop the proposals in exchange for other measures to reduce immigration to the UK.
