catch on the hop

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• catch on the hop — catch (someone) on the hop if you catch someone on the hop, you do something when they are not ready for it and may not be able to deal with it well. I m afraid you ve caught me on the hop I wasn t expecting your call until this afternoon. If we… …   New idioms dictionary

• catch on the hop —  Surprise …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• catch someone on the hop — catch (someone) on the hop if you catch someone on the hop, you do something when they are not ready for it and may not be able to deal with it well. I m afraid you ve caught me on the hop I wasn t expecting your call until this afternoon. If we… …   New idioms dictionary

• catch someone on the hop — british informal phrase to surprise someone because you do something that they do not expect you to do Yesterday’s developments caught the government on the hop. Thesaurus: to make someone feel shocked or surprisedsynonym Main entry: hop …   Useful english dictionary

• catch somebody on the hop — catch sb on the ˈhop idiom (informal) to surprise sb by doing sth when they are not expecting it and not ready for it Main entry: ↑catchidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• catch someone on the hop — British informal to surprise someone because you do something that they do not expect you to do Yesterday s developments caught the government on the hop …   English dictionary

• on the hop — (Brit. informal) 1 he was caught on the hop: UNPREPARED, unready, off guard, unawares, by surprise, with one s defences down; informal napping; Brit. informal …   Useful english dictionary

• catch someone napping — CATCH OFF GUARD, catch unawares, (take by) surprise, catch out, find unprepared; informal catch someone with their trousers/pants down; Brit. informal catch on the hop. → nap * * * catch someone napping (informal) 1. To detect someone in error… …   Useful english dictionary

• The History of Rock & Roll — was a radio documentary on rock and roll music, originally syndicated in 1969. One of the most lengthiest documentaries of any medium (48 hours in the 1969 version, 52 hours for the 1978 and 1981 versions) Fact|date=January 2008, The History of… …   Wikipedia

• catch — 1 verb past tense and past participle caught 1 STOP/TRAP SB (T) a) to stop someone after you have been chasing them and prevent them from escaping: You can t catch me! she yelled, running away across the field. | If the guerrillas catch you, they …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• hop — hop1 [hɔp US ha:p] v past tense and past participle hopped present participle hopping ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(jump)¦ 2 3 4 hop a plane/bus/train etc 5 hop it! 6 hopping mad ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: hoppian] …   Dictionary of contemporary English