on the hop

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English

Prepositional phrase

on the hop

  1. (slang, Ireland) Playing truant from school.
    • 1995, G. H. Fagan, Culture, Politics and Irish School Dropouts (page 26)
      Judy: A couple of times I went on the hop.

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