diff --git a/adaptive_test.go b/adaptive_test.go
index 53e1ceb..f9ee7b0 100644
--- a/adaptive_test.go
+++ b/adaptive_test.go
@@ -50,11 +50,10 @@ func TestAdaptive(t *testing.T) {
 
 		bus := syncbus.New(time.Second)
 		clock := times.Test()
-		o := pool.Options{
-			Clock:   clock,
-			TestBus: bus,
-		}
 
+		var o pool.Options
+		o.Testing.Clock = clock
+		o.Testing.Bus = bus
 		alloc := func() ([]byte, error) { return make([]byte, 1<<9), nil }
 		p := pool.Make(alloc, nil, o)
 
diff --git a/lib.go b/lib.go
index 2d06516..0a6ebb5 100644
--- a/lib.go
+++ b/lib.go
@@ -139,13 +139,16 @@ type Options struct {
 	// Algo is the algorithm implementation used for shrinking the pool. The default is Adaptive().
 	Algo Algo
 
-	// Clock is an optional clock meant to be used with testing. The main purpose is to avoid time sensitive
-	// tests running for a too long time.
-	Clock times.Clock
+	Testing struct {
 
-	// TestBus is an optional signal bus meant to be used with testing. The main purpose is to ensure that
-	// specific blocks of code are executed in a predefined order during concurrent tests.
-	TestBus *syncbus.SyncBus
+		// Clock is an optional clock meant to be used with testing. The main purpose is to avoid time sensitive
+		// tests running for a too long time.
+		Clock times.Clock
+
+		// Bus is an optional signal bus meant to be used with testing. The main purpose is to ensure that
+		// specific blocks of code are executed in a predefined order during concurrent tests.
+		Bus *syncbus.SyncBus
+	}
 }
 
 // Pool is a synchronized pool of resources that are considered expensive to allocate. Initialize the pool with
@@ -155,8 +158,9 @@ type Pool[R any] struct {
 	pool pool[R]
 }
 
-// ErrEmpty is returned on Get calls when the pool is empty and it was initialized without an allocate function.
-var ErrEmpty = errors.New("empty pool")
+// ErrNoItems is returned on Get calls when the pool does not enough items and it was initialized without an
+// allocate function.
+var ErrNoItems = errors.New("not enough items in the pool")
 
 // String returns the string representation of the EventType binary flag, including all the flags that are set.
 func (et EventType) String() string {
@@ -273,30 +277,50 @@ func Make[R any](alloc func() (R, error), free func(R), o Options) Pool[R] {
 	return Pool[R]{pool: makePool(alloc, free, o)}
 }
 
+// GetN returns n items from the pool. If the pool is empty and no allocation function was configured, it
+// returns ErrEmpty. If the pool has less than n items and no allocation function was configured, it returns the
+// available items and ErrEtmpy. If the pool is empty or has less than the requested items, and the allocation
+// function returns an error, it returns the available items and that error. If events were configured, GetN
+// triggers a GetOperation event.
+func (p Pool[R]) GetN(n int) ([]R, error) {
+	return p.pool.get(n)
+}
+
 // Get returns an item from the pool. If the pool is empty and no allocation function was configured, it returns
 // ErrEmpty. If the pool is empty, and the allocation function returns an error, it returns that error. If
 // events were configured, Get triggers a GetOperation event.
 func (p Pool[R]) Get() (R, error) {
-	return p.pool.get()
+	r, err := p.pool.get(1)
+	if err != nil {
+		var rr R
+		return rr, err
+	}
+
+	return r[0], nil
 }
 
-// Put stores an item in the pool. If events were configured, it triggers a PutOperation event.
+// Put stores one or more items in the pool. If events were configured, it triggers a PutOperation event.
 //
 // It is recommended to use it only with items that were received by the Get method. While it is allowed to put
 // other items in the pool, it may change the way the shrinking algorithm works. E.g. it can be considered as a
 // sudden drop in the number of active items. If the pool needs to be prewarmed, or prepared for an expected
 // spike of traffic, consider using the Load method.
-func (p Pool[R]) Put(i R) {
-	p.pool.put(i)
+func (p Pool[R]) Put(i ...R) {
+	p.pool.put(i...)
 }
 
-// Drop indicates to the pool that an item received by Get was dropped and will not be put back into the pool.
+// DropN indicates to the pool that N items received by Get were dropped and will not be put back into the pool.
 //
-// While it's not mandatory call it when item was dropped, it has a twofold purpose. Depending on the shrinking
-// algorithm, it may work more consistently, if the algorithm is notified about the change in the active items.
-// The other purpose is to allow the pool to reflect these cases in the events and the stats.
+// While it's not mandatory call it when some items were dropped, it has a twofold purpose. Depending on the
+// shrinking algorithm, it may work more consistently, if the algorithm is notified about the change in the
+// active items. The other purpose is to allow the pool to reflect these cases in the events and the stats.
+func (p Pool[R]) DropN(n int) {
+	p.pool.drop(n)
+}
+
+// Drop is like DropN, but for a single item.
 func (p Pool[R]) Drop() {
-	p.pool.drop()
+	p.pool.drop(1)
 }
 
 // Load can be used to populate the pool with items that were not allocated as the result of the Get operation.
diff --git a/maxto_test.go b/maxto_test.go
index 38d86a0..46b4a3d 100644
--- a/maxto_test.go
+++ b/maxto_test.go
@@ -221,11 +221,10 @@ func TestMaxTO(t *testing.T) {
 			)
 
 			clock := times.Test()
-			o := pool.Options{
-				Clock: clock,
-				Algo:  pool.MaxTimeout(15, 300*time.Millisecond),
-			}
 
+			var o pool.Options
+			o.Algo = pool.MaxTimeout(15, 300*time.Millisecond)
+			o.Testing.Clock = clock
 			alloc := func() ([]byte, error) { return make([]byte, 1<<9), nil }
 			p := pool.Make(alloc, nil, o)
 
@@ -277,11 +276,10 @@ func TestMaxTO(t *testing.T) {
 			)
 
 			clock := times.Test()
-			o := pool.Options{
-				Clock: clock,
-				Algo:  pool.MaxTimeout(15, 300*time.Millisecond),
-			}
 
+			var o pool.Options
+			o.Algo = pool.MaxTimeout(15, 300*time.Millisecond)
+			o.Testing.Clock = clock
 			alloc := func() ([]byte, error) { return make([]byte, 1<<9), nil }
 			p := pool.Make(alloc, nil, o)
 
@@ -346,11 +344,10 @@ func TestMaxTO(t *testing.T) {
 			)
 
 			clock := times.Test()
-			o := pool.Options{
-				Clock: clock,
-				Algo:  pool.MaxTimeout(15, 300*time.Millisecond),
-			}
 
+			var o pool.Options
+			o.Algo = pool.MaxTimeout(15, 300*time.Millisecond)
+			o.Testing.Clock = clock
 			alloc := func() ([]byte, error) { return make([]byte, 1<<9), nil }
 			p := pool.Make(alloc, nil, o)
 
@@ -404,11 +401,10 @@ func TestMaxTO(t *testing.T) {
 			)
 
 			clock := times.Test()
-			o := pool.Options{
-				Clock: clock,
-				Algo:  pool.MaxTimeout(15, 300*time.Millisecond),
-			}
 
+			var o pool.Options
+			o.Algo = pool.MaxTimeout(15, 300*time.Millisecond)
+			o.Testing.Clock = clock
 			alloc := func() ([]byte, error) { return make([]byte, 1<<9), nil }
 			p := pool.Make(alloc, nil, o)
 
diff --git a/pool.go b/pool.go
index 5020b6b..c73de2b 100644
--- a/pool.go
+++ b/pool.go
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ func makePool[R any](alloc func() (R, error), free func(r R), o Options) pool[R]
 		o.Algo = Adaptive()
 	}
 
-	if o.Clock == nil {
-		o.Clock = times.Sys()
+	if o.Testing.Clock == nil {
+		o.Testing.Clock = times.Sys()
 	}
 
 	if sc, ok := o.Algo.(interface{ setClock(times.Clock) }); ok {
-		sc.setClock(o.Clock)
+		sc.setClock(o.Testing.Clock)
 	}
 
 	s := make(chan state[R], 1)
@@ -70,50 +70,80 @@ func (p pool[R]) sendEvent(e EventType, s Stats) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (p pool[R]) get() (R, error) {
+func (p pool[R]) get(n int) ([]R, error) {
+	if n <= 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+
 	s := <-p.state
 	defer func() {
 		p.state <- s
 	}()
 
-	var (
-		r     R
-		event EventType
-		err   error
-	)
-
+	var event EventType
 	event |= GetOperation
 	s.stats.Get++
-	switch {
-	case len(s.items) == 0 && p.alloc == nil:
-		s.stats.Alloc++
-		event |= AllocateOperation
-		event |= AllocateError
-		err = ErrEmpty
-	case len(s.items) == 0:
-		s.stats.Alloc++
-		event |= AllocateOperation
-		r, err = p.alloc()
-		if err != nil {
-			event |= AllocateError
-		} else {
-			s.stats.Active++
-		}
-	default:
-		r, s.items = s.items[len(s.items)-1], s.items[:len(s.items)-1]
-		if len(s.items) == 0 {
-			s.items = nil
-		}
-
-		s.stats.Active++
-		s.stats.Idle = len(s.items)
+	if len(s.items) < n && p.alloc == nil {
+		return nil, ErrNoItems
 	}
 
+	r := make([]R, n)
+	if len(s.items) <= n {
+		copy(r, s.items)
+	}
+
+	if len(s.items) > n {
+		// using the items from the end of the list:
+		copy(r, s.items[len(s.items)-n:])
+	}
+
+	if len(s.items) < n {
+		var err error
+		event |= AllocateOperation
+		for i := len(s.items); i < n; i++ {
+			s.stats.Alloc++
+			r[i], err = p.alloc()
+			if err == nil {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			s.items = append(s.items, r[len(s.items):i]...)
+			s.stats.Idle = len(s.items)
+			event |= AllocateError
+			p.sendEvent(event, s.stats)
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(s.items) <= n {
+		var zero R
+		for i := 0; i < len(s.items); i++ {
+			s.items[i] = zero
+		}
+
+		s.items = nil
+	}
+
+	if len(s.items) > n {
+		var zero R
+		for i := len(s.items) - n; i < len(s.items); i++ {
+			s.items[i] = zero
+		}
+
+		s.items = s.items[:len(s.items)-n]
+	}
+
+	s.stats.Idle = len(s.items)
+	s.stats.Active += n
 	p.sendEvent(event, s.stats)
-	return r, err
+	return r, nil
 }
 
-func (p pool[R]) put(r R) {
+func (p pool[R]) put(r ...R) {
+	if len(r) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
 	s := <-p.state
 	defer func() {
 		p.state <- s
@@ -122,23 +152,28 @@ func (p pool[R]) put(r R) {
 	var event EventType
 	event |= PutOperation
 	s.stats.Put++
-	s.stats.Idle++
+	s.stats.Idle += len(r)
+	s.stats.Active -= len(r)
 
 	// one may put in items that were allocated outside of the pool:
-	if s.stats.Active > 0 {
-		s.stats.Active--
+	if s.stats.Active < 0 {
+		s.stats.Active = 0
 	}
 
 	t, f := p.options.Algo.Target(s.stats)
 	switch {
-	case t > len(s.items):
-		s.items = append(s.items, r)
+	case t >= len(s.items)+len(r):
+		s.items = append(s.items, r...)
+	case t > len(s.items) && t < len(s.items)+len(r):
+		event |= FreeOperation
+		s = p.freeItems(s, r[t-len(s.items):])
+		s.items = append(s.items, r[:t-len(s.items)]...)
 	default:
 		event |= FreeOperation
-		s = p.freeItems(s, t, r)
+		s = p.freeItems(s, r)
+		s = p.freeAboveTarget(s, t)
 	}
 
-	// fix provisioned idle count:
 	s.stats.Idle = len(s.items)
 	p.sendEvent(event, s.stats)
 	if f > 0 {
@@ -146,7 +181,11 @@ func (p pool[R]) put(r R) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (p pool[R]) drop() {
+func (p pool[R]) drop(n int) {
+	if n <= 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
 	s := <-p.state
 	defer func() {
 		p.state <- s
@@ -154,15 +193,16 @@ func (p pool[R]) drop() {
 
 	var event EventType
 	event |= DropOperation
-	s.stats.Drop++
-	if s.stats.Active > 0 {
-		s.stats.Active--
+	s.stats.Drop += n
+	s.stats.Active -= n
+	if s.stats.Active < 0 {
+		s.stats.Active = 0
 	}
 
 	t, f := p.options.Algo.Target(s.stats)
 	if t < len(s.items) {
 		event |= FreeOperation
-		s = p.freeItems(s, t)
+		s = p.freeAboveTarget(s, t)
 	}
 
 	s.stats.Idle = len(s.items)
@@ -173,6 +213,10 @@ func (p pool[R]) drop() {
 }
 
 func (p pool[R]) load(i []R) {
+	if len(i) == 0 {
+		return
+	}
+
 	s := <-p.state
 	defer func() {
 		p.state <- s
@@ -193,59 +237,49 @@ func (p pool[R]) forcedCheck(s state[R], timeout time.Duration) state[R] {
 
 	s.forcedCheckPending = true
 	go func(to time.Duration) {
-		c := p.options.Clock.After(to)
-		p.options.TestBus.Signal("background-job-waiting")
+		c := p.options.Testing.Clock.After(to)
+		p.options.Testing.Bus.Signal("background-job-waiting")
 		<-c
-		p.freeIdle()
+		p.checkAndFree()
 	}(timeout)
 
 	return s
 }
 
-func (p pool[R]) freeItems(s state[R], target int, additional ...R) state[R] {
-	if len(s.items)+len(additional) <= target {
-		return s
-	}
-
-	s.stats.Free += len(additional)
-	if p.free == nil && len(s.items) <= target {
-		return s
-	}
-
-	var f []R
-	if p.free != nil {
-		f = additional
-		if len(s.items) > target {
-			f = append(f, s.items[:len(s.items)-target]...)
-		}
-	}
-
-	if len(s.items) > target {
-		s.stats.Free += len(s.items) - target
-
-		var zero R
-		for i := 0; i < len(s.items)-target; i++ {
-			s.items[i] = zero
-		}
-
-		s.items = s.items[len(s.items)-target:]
-		if len(s.items) == 0 {
-			s.items = nil
-		}
-	}
-
+func (p pool[R]) freeItems(s state[R], r []R) state[R] {
+	s.stats.Free += len(r)
 	if p.free == nil {
 		return s
 	}
 
-	for _, fi := range f {
-		p.free(fi)
+	for _, ri := range r {
+		p.free(ri)
 	}
 
 	return s
 }
 
-func (p pool[R]) freeIdle() {
+func (p pool[R]) freeAboveTarget(s state[R], target int) state[R] {
+	if len(s.items) <= target {
+		return s
+	}
+
+	f := s.items[:len(s.items)-target]
+
+	var zero R
+	for i := 0; i < len(s.items)-target; i++ {
+		s.items[i] = zero
+	}
+
+	s.items = s.items[len(s.items)-target:]
+	if len(s.items) == 0 {
+		s.items = nil
+	}
+
+	return p.freeItems(s, f)
+}
+
+func (p pool[R]) checkAndFree() {
 	s := <-p.state
 	defer func() {
 		p.state <- s
@@ -254,7 +288,7 @@ func (p pool[R]) freeIdle() {
 	s.forcedCheckPending = false
 	t, f := p.options.Algo.Target(s.stats)
 	prev := s.stats.Free
-	s = p.freeItems(s, t)
+	s = p.freeAboveTarget(s, t)
 	s.stats.Idle = len(s.items)
 	if s.stats.Free > prev {
 		p.sendEvent(FreeOperation, s.stats)
@@ -264,7 +298,7 @@ func (p pool[R]) freeIdle() {
 		s = p.forcedCheck(s, f)
 	}
 
-	p.options.TestBus.Signal("free-idle-done")
+	p.options.Testing.Bus.Signal("free-idle-done")
 }
 
 func (p pool[R]) freePool() {
@@ -275,7 +309,8 @@ func (p pool[R]) freePool() {
 
 	s.stats.Idle = 0
 	prev := s.stats.Free
-	s = p.freeItems(s, 0)
+	s = p.freeItems(s, s.items)
+	s.items = nil
 	if s.stats.Free > prev {
 		p.sendEvent(FreeOperation, s.stats)
 	}
diff --git a/pool_test.go b/pool_test.go
index 2c98e43..5ce70f1 100644
--- a/pool_test.go
+++ b/pool_test.go
@@ -93,12 +93,12 @@ func TestPool(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("get own alloc not available", func(t *testing.T) {
 		p := pool.Make[[]byte](nil, nil, pool.Options{Algo: pool.NoShrink()})
 		_, err := p.Get()
-		if !errors.Is(err, pool.ErrEmpty) {
+		if !errors.Is(err, pool.ErrNoItems) {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
 		s := p.Stats()
-		e := pool.Stats{Alloc: 1, Get: 1}
+		e := pool.Stats{Get: 1}
 		if s != e {
 			t.Fatal(s)
 		}
@@ -242,12 +242,11 @@ func TestPool(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("release on timeout no free", func(t *testing.T) {
 		c := times.Test()
 		b := syncbus.New(time.Second)
-		o := pool.Options{
-			Algo:    pool.Timeout(3 * time.Millisecond),
-			Clock:   c,
-			TestBus: b,
-		}
 
+		var o pool.Options
+		o.Algo = pool.Timeout(3 * time.Millisecond)
+		o.Testing.Clock = c
+		o.Testing.Bus = b
 		p := pool.Make[[]byte](nil, nil, o)
 		p.Put(make([]byte, 1<<9))
 		if err := b.Wait("background-job-waiting"); err != nil {
@@ -273,12 +272,11 @@ func TestPool(t *testing.T) {
 		f := func([]byte) { freeCount++ }
 		c := times.Test()
 		b := syncbus.New(time.Second)
-		o := pool.Options{
-			Algo:    pool.Timeout(3 * time.Millisecond),
-			Clock:   c,
-			TestBus: b,
-		}
 
+		var o pool.Options
+		o.Algo = pool.Timeout(3 * time.Millisecond)
+		o.Testing.Clock = c
+		o.Testing.Bus = b
 		p := pool.Make[[]byte](nil, f, o)
 		p.Put(make([]byte, 1<<9))
 		if err := b.Wait("background-job-waiting"); err != nil {
diff --git a/scenario_test.go b/scenario_test.go
index 2946b93..d28bd65 100644
--- a/scenario_test.go
+++ b/scenario_test.go
@@ -120,11 +120,10 @@ func testScenario(t *testing.T, o scenarioOptions, step scenarioStep, verify ver
 	}
 
 	alloc := func() ([]byte, error) { return make([]byte, 1<<9), nil }
-	po := pool.Options{
-		Algo:  o.algo,
-		Clock: clock,
-	}
 
+	var po pool.Options
+	po.Algo = o.algo
+	po.Testing.Clock = clock
 	p := pool.Make(alloc, nil, po)
 	active := active(initResource[[][]byte]())
 	stats := stats(initResource[[]pool.Stats]())