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hop off

idiom
Meaning

To back off; to leave alone.

Examples
SIMPLE

Just hop off and leave me alone.

CONTEXTUAL

He kept asking about my private life, so I told him to hop off.

COMPLEX

After the persistent salesman refused to take no for an answer, she firmly told him to hop off and stop bothering her.

Anchors to
Related idioms3entries
  1. 01

    bunny hop

    A dance from the big band era, a variation of the conga, in which dancers made small jumps with feet together.

  2. 02

    hop the wag

    To play truant (be absent from school without permission).

  3. 03

    hop up

    To make something, especially a machine, better (faster, bigger etc.); to soup up.

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