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hop, skip, and a jump

hop, skip, and a jump noun: a short distance.

Noun

hop, skip, and a jump

  1. (informal) A short distance.
    • It's just a hop, skip, and a jump from the library.
    • I don't know why you're on Mars. Maybe you're there because we recognize we have to carefully move small asteroids around to avert the possibility of one impacting the Earth with catastrophic consequences, and while we're up in near-Earth space, it's only a hop, skip, and a jump to Mars.1996, Carl Sagan
    Synonyms:
    stone's throw

Synonyms of hop, skip, and a jump

Forms of hop, skip, and a jump

alternative formhop, skip, and jump

Questions about hop, skip, and a jump

What does hop, skip, and a jump mean?
Hop, skip, and a jump means a short distance.
What part of speech is hop, skip, and a jump?
Hop, skip, and a jump is a noun.

Words near hop, skip, and a jump in the dictionary

  1. hop the wag
  2. hop to it
  3. hop trefoil
  4. hop up
  5. hop, skip and jump
  6. hop, skip, and a jump
  7. hop, skip, and jump
  8. hop, step and jump
  9. hop-forward
  10. hop-o'-my-thumb
  11. hop-o'-my-thumbs

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