skip : Idioms & Phrases

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Hop, skip (∨ step), and jump

  • a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession.
Webster 1913

hop-skip

  • verb jump lightly
    skip; hop.
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skip distance

  • noun the shortest distance that permits radio signals (of a given frequency) to travel from the transmitter to the receiver by reflection from the ionosphere
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Skip kennel

  • a lackey; a footboy. Slang. Swift.
Webster 1913

Skip mackerel

  • . (Zoöl.) See Bluefish, 1.
Webster 1913

skip over

  • verb bypass
    jump; pass over; skip.
    • He skipped a row in the text and so the sentence was incomprehensible
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skip rope

  • noun a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it
    jump rope; skip rope.
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skip town

  • verb disappear without notifying anyone (idiom)
    take a powder.
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skip-bomb

  • verb attack with delayed release bombs
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skipping rope

  • noun a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it
    jump rope; skip rope.
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