take a hop

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take a hop - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  take a hop
      v 1: spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball
           bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite
           after they collide" [syn: bounce, resile, take a hop,
           spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate,
           ricochet]