Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. to leave, to run off.

1863		Leeds Times 17 Nov. 6/6: There was nothing else butto hop it.
1905		Marvel III:58 30: Give me a ticket to Carew Station, and tell me when the next train’s going to hop it there.
1911		Gem 16 Sept. 5: ‘I ain’t no more business ’ere,’ he said, ‘I’ve got to ’op it.’.
1917		A.G. Empey Over the Top 275: Ginger Phillips, whispered, ‘’Op it, Yank, ’ere comes the matron’.
1926		‘Sapper’ Final Count 853: And with that I hopped it, sent up some grapes, and that’s that.
1934		J. Franklyn This Gutter Life 167: ‘Let’s hop it!’ she said, yawning again.
1941		N. Davis ‘Don’t Give Your Right Name’ in Goulart (1967) 16: He got Lily Trace’s signature and hopped it.
1951		Cusack & James Come in Spinner (1960) 235: Let’s hop it down to the Bellevue Hill tram now.
1960		B. Kops Dream of Peter Mann Act II: Look, when they untie you, you hoppit.
1976		C. Dexter Last Seen Wearing in Second Morse Omnibus (1994) 364: You mean she just hopped it and – that was that.
1989		M. Amis London Fields 50: He soon hopped it.
1997		P. Theroux Kowloon Tong 191: He’s hopped it.
2001		K. Sampson Outlaws (ms.) 145: Far from perfect for a lad that’s about to hop it.

2. to die.

1953

J. Franklyn Cockney 287: Jack’s muvver’s aunt’s ’opped it an left ’im all ’er splosh!