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on the hop

prep_phrase

Definitions

  1. Playing truant from school.

    • Judy: A couple of times I went on the hop.

  2. Spontaneous

    Spontaneous; unplanned.

  3. Unprepared

    Unprepared; unready and unable to deal with something.

    • "Tough," said Peter. "Very tough. I have a chance if I can keep him on the hop till his weight and short wind come against him—in this hot sun too. To tell the truth, I haven't much chance else. […]"
    • His sudden arrest caught many on the hop, including Pinochet's old ideological enemy, Cuba's Fidel Castro. "Is it true? Is it confirmed?" the 72-year-old Communist leader asked in Oporto.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA