hop to it

hop to it

To start doing some task or activity. Come on, hop to it—this room needs to be completely clean in an hour! Your book report still isn't done? Well, hop to it then—it's due tomorrow! I know I need to hop to it, but I just don't feel like loading up the car.

See also: hop, to

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2024 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.

Hop to it!

Inf. Get started right now! Bill: I have to get these things stacked up before I go home. Bob: Then hop to it! You won't get it done standing around here talking. "Hurry up! Hop to it!" urged Bill. "We've got to get this done!"

See also: hop, to

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

hop to it

Begin to do something quickly and energetically, as in We've got to hop to it and get our shopping done. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s]

See also: hop, to

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

hop to it

To begin an activity or a task quickly and energetically.

See also: hop, to

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.