hop up
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Yorke responds by telling the heckler to "hop up on stage" to make his remarks.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2024
“I began to hop up and down, which is a little bit rude,” Higonnet said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2024
“He would hop up and call a timeout at times, but he was cool. He allowed his girls to just play, to have fun, to be very confident in themselves.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2020
When he was much younger and smaller, I had been able to lay him over my shoulder and hop up and down, either on pavement or in the swimming pool at the Jewish Community Association.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2019
Jack’s sitting on one of the tall stools and I hop up beside him.
From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio
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