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hop, skip, and (a) jump
1. A short distance away from a certain location. My apartment's location is so convenient. It's just a hop, skip, and a jump away from the train station and the grocery store.
2. Very similar (to something else). I thought you could handle this project because it's just a hop, skip, and a jump from the one you're working on now.
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skip (out)
Inf. to leave; to run away without doing something, such as paying a bill. The guy skipped when the waitress wasn't looking. Fred skipped out, leaving me with the bill.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
skip
verbSee skip out
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
- (one's) heart skips a beat
- a hop, skip, and a jump
- heart misses a beat, one's
- heart skips a beat
- hop, skip, and (a) jump
- hop, skip, and a jump
- hop, skip, and jump
- jump bail
- not skip a beat
- skip
- skip a beat
- skip bail
- skip it
- Skip it!
- skip off
- skip out
- skip out of
- skip out of (some place)
- skip out of (something or some place)
- skip out on
- skip out on (someone or something)
- skip out with
- skip out with (someone or something)
- skip over (someone or something)
- skip rope
- skip through
- skip through (something)
- skip town
- skipping rope
- three skips of a louse
- without skipping a beat