as in inch
a very small distance or degree
it looked like only a hop, skip, and jump on the map, but the drive took six hours
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Recent Examples of hop, skip, and jump
With a hop, skip, and jump through the airport, we were quickly whisked away to Domes Novos Santorini, Domes Resorts’ newest property, freshly opened in April 2024.
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Jessica Vadillo, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2024
Growing up in Miami, Florida, WDW was just a hop, skip, and jump away for my family to take weekend jaunts to the Magic Kingdom.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 10 July 2023
Check out this list of US destinations that may be a hop, skip, and jump away from you.
—Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022
The residence, which has had a makeover by design studio Bergman & Mar, is located on 101 Cleveland Street—just a hop, skip, and jump away from Dickens’ first home.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
Jessica Vadillo, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2024
Growing up in Miami, Florida, WDW was just a hop, skip, and jump away for my family to take weekend jaunts to the Magic Kingdom.
—Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 10 July 2023
Check out this list of US destinations that may be a hop, skip, and jump away from you.
—Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022
The residence, which has had a makeover by design studio Bergman & Mar, is located on 101 Cleveland Street—just a hop, skip, and jump away from Dickens’ first home.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hop, skip, and jump
Noun
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Made of durable silk, this fluffy 26-inch wreath can be used all-year long, and can even be decorated to your liking with tinsel or fake flowers.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Sep. 2025
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The massive, 8-inch inner display is downright huge and wildly vibrant and incredibly useful for multitasking and gaming.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Perhaps Arab countries, having won this recognition for their brothers, might take further real steps to bring that about.—
Zoltan Istvan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Aug. 2025
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The always-trendy reality star took it a step further, sliding on a pair of supersize platform flip-flops by ERL to head to a photo shoot for her brand Khy.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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When the pair got within shouting distance of the American press corps, a bit of harsh reality crept in.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
15 Aug. 2025
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Those numbers could go down some in the coming weeks as its core audience of kids and teenagers returns to school, but Kpop Demon Hunters is within shouting distance of Netflix’s No. 1 movie of all time, Red Notice, which had 230.9 million views in its first 13 weeks.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Hop, skip, and jump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hop%2C%20skip%2C%20and%20jump. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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