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
Ghost is my friendliest lap chicken and will hop up onto my lap at every opportunity.
From Salon • May 30, 2022
“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
They would hop up, take the steps by twos, jump them backwards, all without using their hands; and then they would bump down on their stomachs like alligators.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
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