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lope verb [ ləʊp ]

• walk or run with a long bounding stride.
• "the dog was loping along by his side"
Similar: stride, run, bound, lollop,

lope noun

• a long bounding stride.
• "they set off at a fast lope"
Origin: Middle English: variant of Scots loup, from Old Norse hlaupa ‘leap’.

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