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by tizzdogg 3079 days ago
The expression is "jump through hoops". Sorry to nitpick.
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jsjohnst 3079 days ago
Hoopes (yes, a misspelling) gets autocorrected to hooves for me, so could’ve been a typo and not that they didn’t know the expression.
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RHSeeger 3079 days ago
Probably because the word is "hoops", without the "e"; the plural of "hoop".

^ Not meant as sarcasm, just noting the possible reason the spellchecker gets confused.

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jsjohnst 3079 days ago
Right, but if you notice, the e and the s are adjoining keys on most common keyboards. Apologies if my wording was confusing, but I didn’t call out the es as the OP misspelling the pluralization, but rather specifically as a typo.

My mention of misspelling was there only to prevent another person from pointing it out, but alas, I still failed it seems.

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jitix 3079 days ago
damn autocorrect!

jumping through literal hooves would be hilarious.. lol

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