- lope along
- lope alongto move along, bounding. •
The dog loped along at a very even pace, answering to his master's whistle.
•The horses loped along, eager to get home.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
lope along
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lope — [ləup US loup] v also lope off [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: hlaupa to jump ] to run easily with long steps lope along/across/up etc ▪ He loped off down the corridor. >lope n [singular] … Dictionary of contemporary English
Lope de Aguirre — (c. 1510 Oñati ndash; 27 October 1561) was a Spanish Basque conquistador in South America. Sent, along with other rebellious settlers, on an impossible mission in search of the mythical El Dorado on the Amazon river, he eventually became their… … Wikipedia
lope — [ loup ] verb intransitive lope off/into/towards/along to run with long slow steps: I saw him come loping along the road … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
lope — [lōp] vi. loped, loping [ME lopen < ON hlaupa, to leap, run (or MDu lopen): see LEAP] to move along easily, with a long, swinging stride or in an easy canter vt. to cause to lope n. a long, easy, swinging stride loper n … English World dictionary
Lope de Vega — Infobox Writer name = Lope de Vega caption = Portrait of Lope de Vega birthdate = 25 November 1562 birthplace = Madrid, Spain deathdate = 27 August 1635 deathplace = Madrid, Spain life = occupation = Poet, playwright movement = genre =… … Wikipedia
lope — UK [ləʊp] / US [loʊp] verb [intransitive] Word forms lope : present tense I/you/we/they lope he/she/it lopes present participle loping past tense loped past participle loped to run with long slow steps lope off/into/towards/along: I saw him come… … English dictionary
lope — Synonyms and related words: amble, bound, burst, burst of speed, canter, caracole, curvet, dash, dead run, dogtrot, flank speed, flat out speed, forced draft, fox trot, frisk, full gallop, gallop, get, git, go on horseback, hack, hand gallop,… … Moby Thesaurus
lope — verb (intransitive always + adv/prep) to run easily with long steps (+ along/across/up etc): Brad loped across the field towards home. lope noun (singular) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
lope — v bound, leap, spring, gambol, frolic, frisk, caper, romp, prance, dance along, buck; jump, hop, bob, curvet, skip; Inf. move right along, canter, gallop; hurry, hasten, hie, dart, scamper … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
Lope — This interesting surname, one of the most popular in the Spanish peninsula and South America, is almost certainly of Roman (Latin) origins. It derives from the ancient words lupus and the 5th century a.d. lobo , meaning the wolf. This suggests… … Surnames reference
lope — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. stride, spring, *move right along. see walk II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To move with a steady easy gait faster than a walk but slower than a run: jog, trot. See MOVE. II noun A person s steady easy gait that… … English dictionary for students
