to hop across
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- phrasal verb
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- As the rabbit heard the noise, it quickly hopped across the garden to hide.
- hop across rocks
- rabbit hops across
See when that owl up in that tree saw that little thing hopping across the road, it locked its eyes on that little mouse.
- See when that owl up in that tree saw that little thing hopping across the road, it locked its eyes on that little mouse.
Examples
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When you see a deer hop across the road, there is always one or two behind it, so be on the lookout for them to follow within seconds!
Blog text (26) -
Hop across, kid.
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A half dozen children got up and began to leap and hop across the bare floor in the center of the room.
Fiction book (1991) -
A rabbit hops across rough terrain.
Fiction book (2002) -
A familiar bunny rabbit hops across the highway.
Fiction book (2002) -
Emma hops across on water lilies until she reaches land again.
Fiction book (1998) -
He gazed past the open glass doors to the patio, watching a small brown bird hop across the heavy vine that had climbed up the posts of his house.
Fiction book (1997) -
Pleasure crouched at the end of the bench, her haunches twitching as she watched a finch hop across the sidewalk.
Fiction book (1998) -
The children decided to hop across the large puddle to avoid getting wet.
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We saw frogs hopping across the path as we walked through the marsh.
Synonyms
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1.0
To go across something from one side to the other
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1.0
To jump quickly from one place to another or make something jump
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1.0
To move with small quick jumps often on one foot
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3.3
Move across something like a river or mountain
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1.0
To move by light hops in a playful way
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1.8
Move from one side to the other, for example across a road or river
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4.4
To jump over an obstacle, often using the hands or a pole for support
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3.0
Move suddenly and quickly from one side to the other
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5.4
To move forward with small quick jumps using one foot then the other
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8.0
To jump across an obstacle like a fence or wall
Move across with a light, graceful jump like a dancer or horse
Antonyms
How Far
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4.4
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'hop' (to jump with small, quick jumps) with the directional adverb 'across' (from one side to another), so the phrase literally means to jump across something. This motion-verb + directional-word pattern is a common, compositional construction in English (and in many other languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrasal verb hop across comes from the clear image of someone or an animal doing small jumps (hop) to get to the other side (across). That's why it means 'to move using short, light jumps'.