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hip to

idiom

informal
: aware of (something)
He's hip to what's going on in the jazz world.

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Put your hands on your head and your hands on your hip to stretch out the breast tissue. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025 The study followed over 13,000 women who were at least 62 (the average age was 72) who were given a tiny device to wear on their hip to track their steps over the course of a week. Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 24 Oct. 2025 He’s also tied at the hip to Lombardi, his Patriots buddy, who last week sent a letter to UNC donors laying out their grand rebuilding plan. Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025 We're still glued together, hip to hip, holding each other up, not covering as much of the floor, but owning & loving the space that's ours. Emily Krauser, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hip to

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“Hip to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hip%20to. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.

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