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lopelope /ləʊp $ loʊp/ (also lope off) verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] lopeOrigin: 1200-1300 Old Norse hlaupa ‘to jump’ VERB TABLElope |
Present | I, you, we, they | lope | | he, she, it | lopes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | loped | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have loped | | he, she, it | has loped | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had loped | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will lope | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have loped |
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Present | I | am loping | | he, she, it | is loping | | you, we, they | are loping | Past | I, he, she, it | was loping | | you, we, they | were loping | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been loping | | he, she, it | has been loping | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been loping | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be loping | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been loping |
- He loped up the street in zigzags, swooping and making aeroplane noises.
- Her shoulders are hunched, her head down as she lopes across the court.
- His tribe join him, five pairs, in loping flight, then a quick tail-up dive into the damsons.
- It stood nearby, seeming to lope ahead of Laelaps' silent pursuit.
- Keeping the perimeter fence a few yards away on his left, Angel One loped silently along until he reached its north-western limit.
- She lopes between the lines of her teammates, slapping their outstretched hands.
- They'd lope out to a mesa two miles away and walk back.
► run to move very quickly, by moving your legs more quickly than when you walk: · My five-year-old son runs everywhere.· I go running twice a week. ► jog to run quite slowly for exercise over a long distance: · A few people were jogging in the park. ► race/dash to run somewhere as quickly as you can, especially because you have to do something urgently: · He dashed across the road to the police station.· We raced to the bus stop and got there just in time. ► sprint to run as fast as you can for a short distance: · I saw the runners sprinting past.· He sprinted up the stairs. ► tear to run very quickly and without really looking where you are going, because you are in a hurry: · He tore down the street and around the corner. ► charge to run quickly and with a lot of energy, so that you might knock down anyone or anything that gets in your way: · They all charged out of the school gates at 4 o'clock.· Dennis charged through the door into my office. ► take to your heels to start running away very quickly, especially to escape or because you are afraid: · The men took to their heels as soon as they saw the police. ► leg it British English informal to run away very quickly, in order to escape from someone or something: · I legged it before the cops came. ► lope especially literary to run easily with long steps – used especially about tall people with long legs: · John loped across the street to meet me. ADVERB► along· Dexter loped along behind, knowing things were not as simple as the woman detective liked to make out.· As I loped along, I felt absolutely no remorse. to run easily with long stepslope along/across/up etc He loped off down the corridor.—lope noun [singular] |