hop

/hɒp/ verb [I] (present participle hopping, past tense and past participle hopped)

Definition

ONE FOOT › to jump on one foot or to move about in this way

ANIMAL › If a small animal, bird, or insect hops, it moves by jumping on all of its feet at the same time: Rabbits were hopping across the field.

MOVE QUICKLY informal › to go somewhere quickly or get into or out of a vehicle quickly: to hop on a plane/train

(Definition of hop verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to do something without worrying about the risk or negative results

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