hop on
A2 informal intransitive
In simple words
Get on a bus, bike, or train quickly.
Literal meaning: To spring or jump onto something.
Meanings
1 A2 informal
To board a vehicle or mount a bicycle or animal quickly.
"Just hop on the number 12 bus and it'll take you straight to the museum."
2 B1
idiomatic
informal
To join a phone or video call quickly.
"Can you hop on a call with me at three to discuss the proposal?"
3 B1
idiomatic
informal
To quickly join a trend, platform, or movement.
"Every small business seemed to hop on the social media bandwagon that year."
Usage notes
Very frequent in everyday speech. Also used figuratively to mean joining a trend, platform, or movement quickly. Common in tech/internet contexts: 'hop on a call', 'hop on Zoom'.
Commonly used with
bus train bike plane call trend
Forms
Base
hop on
I/you/we/they
3rd person
hops on
he/she/it
Past simple
hoped on
yesterday
Past participle
hoped on
have + pp
-ing form
hoping on
continuous
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