Green’s Dictionary of Slang

go away! run along! etc.

1838		‘The Good-For-Nothing’ in Bentley’s Misc. IV 99: Look sharp little ’un [...] Now keep your eyes open, and hop for it.
1906		O.C. Malvery Soul Market 72: Telling the young man ‘to ’op it afore she set abaht’.
1907		Harrington & LeBrunn [perf. Marie Lloyd] Who are you getting at, eh? 🎵 I said, ‘Hi, you hop it, you double-eyed ape’.
1916		Firefly 9 Dec. 1: ‘Op-it!’ cried he.
1926		S. O’Casey Plough and the Stars Act IV: ’Ere, ’op it aht! Aht into the streets with you.
1938		X. Herbert Capricornia (1939) 446: More bettel you nick off yourself, you big fella bulsh — gwan — hoppit!
1944		G. Fowler Good Night, Sweet Prince 105: A Hop it, or I’ll really trounce you.
1958		(con. 1940s) B. Behan Borstal Boy 47: Right, you receptions, ’op along.
1959		Galton & Simpson ‘Hancock in Hospital’ Hancock’s Half-Hour [radio script] I’m glad you came . . . now hoppit.
1966		M. Rumaker Exit 3 and Other Stories 8: So, okay, marine boy. Hop to it.
1976		P. Theroux Family Arsenal 96: Hop it, Murf [...] I want to talk to Hood alone.
1983		A. Payne ‘Get Daley!’ Minder [TV script] 15: Go on, hop it, I’ve got work to do.
1999		(con. 1979–80) A. Wheatle Brixton Rock (2004) 150: The vendor’s face turned scornful and aggressive [...] ‘We don’t serve the likes of you. Go on, hoppit.’.