hopping on

Getting on quickly

Hopping on means boarding or getting onto something—a bus, a train, a call: Let me hop on this meeting real quick, I'm hopping on a flight to Denver.

The phrase suggests quickness and informality, as if the action requires little effort or commitment.

It can also mean joining an activity already in progress: Mind if I hop on this game?

Related

train car · jump · embark · partake · embrace · bound · ride · catch · engage · enlist · mount · spring · seize · skip · bandwagon · pursue · adopt · subscribe

Opposites
boarding vs. disembarking

hopping ongetting off

Departing a conveyance

stepping off · jumping off · disembarking · alighting · exiting

engagement vs. disengagement

hopping ondropping off

Falling briefly asleep

opting out · tuning out · disconnecting · signing off · logging off

mounting vs. dismounting (physical)

hopping onjumping off

Propelling oneself away

dismounting · stepping down · getting down · sliding off

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G