hop (redirected from hop, skip, and jump)

be hopping mad (old-fashioned)

to be very angry. My Dad was hopping mad when I told him I'd crashed his car.

See also: mad

catch someone on the hop

if you catch someone on the hop, you do something when they are not ready for it and may not be able to deal with it well. I'm afraid you've caught me on the hop - I wasn't expecting your call until this afternoon. If we attack at the very start of the game, we may just catch their defenders on the hop.

See also: catch

climb/get/hop into bed with someone

be in bed with someone - to work with a person or organization, or to be involved with them, in a way which causes other people not to trust you. Rather than hopping into bed with a leading merchant bank, it chose to remain an independent partnership.

See also: bed, climb

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hop to it

to hurry. If we're going to meet them for breakfast we'd better hop to it.

hopped up

very active and excited. The union is hopped up about rumors that some of these jobs may be eliminated.

Usage notes: often used to describe someone who is influenced by drugs: I was pretty hopped up on coffee. I don't want some guy hopped up on drugs next to me working on a machine.