That's what João wants to know.

Some people ask me about pop in and pop out. What does it mean?

Ok, that was João's question, but we want to hear from you, so send us your questions to our email address.

Now, on with uses of pop.

Ok, so in informal English, pop just means go somewhere for a short time.

So you can pop to a place.

I'm just going to pop to the hairdressers. I'm back. Don't ask.

You could also use pop with the preposition out.

And this means you go out of the place you're in for a short amount of time.

I'm just going to pop out and take this call.

We often use it to talk about leaving home for a short time.

I'm just going to pop out to get some milk. I'm back.

We can also use pop in or into if you go inside a place for a short time.

I'm just going to pop in the bank and get some money out.

We often use pop in to talk about visiting someone in their home.

This is very casual and informal.

Why don't you pop in for a quick cuppa?

We can also use pop over or pop round to mean go to someone's house for a short time.

Do you want to pop round for a cuppa later?

It's very casual, very familiar.

So I'll pop over means I'll come to your home.

You pop over means you come to my home.

Ok, I'll pop over and see you this afternoon.

You could also pop back.

It's getting cold. I'm going to pop back inside.

You can also use other prepositions.

So use pop up if you're going up somewhere for a short time.

For example, upstairs.

Or pop down, for example, if you're going downstairs.

I'll pop up in a bit. I'm just doing some filming.

Careful though because sometimes words have more than one use in English.

So pop up can also mean appear.

Sian's videos keep popping up on my feed.

So as you can see, pop is a very useful word to know in English.

In British English, you might also hear nip.

We use it in a similar way.

I'm going to nip out.

I'll nip round and see you later.

I'm just going to nip upstairs.

I'm just going to nip out for a walk.

Ok, so we've looked at lots of ways to use pop to talk about moving somewhere.

But you can also use pop in informal English instead of put.

I'll pop the kettle on.

I'm just going to pop the food in the oven.

I'm just going to pop the kettle on.

Oh, and I'll pop a bit of cake in the oven too.

Just pop my glasses on. Can't see very well.

So as you can see, pop is super useful in English.

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