catch someone on the hip Definition

hip¹
noun

1. The haunch or upper fleshy part of the thigh just below the waist.
2. The joint between the thigh bone and the pelvis.
3. archit.
The external angle created when the sloping end of a roof meets the sloping sides.

Derivative: hipped

Possessing a hip or hips.

Said of a specific type of roof: sloping at the end in addition to the sides.

Derivative: hippy
adj

Having large hips.

Idiom: have someone on the hip (catch someone on the hip)

To get an advantage over them.

Idiom: shoot from the hip (fire from the hip)

To speak bluntly and directly; to deal with someone assertively.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hype.