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In addition to the idioms beginning with HIT, Also see (HIT) BELOW THE BELT; CAN'T HIT THE BROAD SIDE OF A BARN; HEAVY HITTER; MAKE A HIT; PINCH HITTER; SMASH HIT.
American Heritage Idioms
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hit on/upon sth to think of an idea when you didn't expect or intend to, especially one that solves a problem • When we first hit on the idea, everyone told us it would never work., hit back to attack or criticize someone who has attacked or criticized you • In tonight's speech, the minister is expected to hit back at critics who have attacked her handling of the crisis., hit out to criticise something or someone strongly • The Medical Association yesterday hit out at government cuts in healthcare services.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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Phrase(s): hit someoneFig. [of a meaning] being understood by someone. • I didn’t understand what she was getting at until it suddenly hit me. She was asking for a ride home.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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verbstruck: He was hit by a falling rock.nounsuccess: The song was a big hit.verbcollided with: The blue car hit the red car.nounblow: The hit on the head knocked him down.
Simple Definitions
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to hit someone hit to hit someone quickly and hard with your hand, a stick etc: • He hit him hard in the stomach. • I don’t like to see people hitting a dog. beat to hit someone deliberately many times, especially very hard: • The girl had been beaten to death. • He was beating the donkey with a stick. strike written to hit someone with your hand or a weapon. Strike is more formal than hit and is mainly used in written English: • Her husband struck her twice across the face. • Police say that the man had been struck on the head. punch to hit someone hard with your closed hand, especially in a fight: • I punched him on the nose. • She was screaming and punching him with her fists. thump informal to punch someone very hard: • Sometimes I just want to thump him. beat somebody up to hurt someone badly in a violent attack, by hitting them many times: • If I tell the police, they'll beat me up. • He had been beaten up and tortured with lighted cigarettes. slap to hit someone with your open hand, especially because you are angry with them: • They had a big row and she ended up slapping him. spank ( also smack especially British English ) to hit someone, especially a child, with your open hand in order to punish them: • Should a parent ever smack a child? • I don’t agree with smacking. • In those days, children were spanked if they behaved badly. to hit something hit• Jack hit the ball and it flew over the fenceknockto hit a door or window with your closed hand in order to attract the attention of the people inside: • Someone was knocking on the door. • I knocked loudly but no one came. strike written to hit a surface. Strike is more formal than hit and is mainly used in written English: • The ball struck the side of the goal. whack informal to hit something very hard: • Edmonds whacked the ball into the air. bash to hit something hard, especially in a way that causes damage: • The police had to bash the door down to get in. tap to gently hit something with your fingers, often in order to attract someone’s attention: • I tapped him on the shoulder. • I heard someone tapping on the window. rap to knock quickly or hit something several times: • He rapped the table with his pen to bring the meeting to order. • Two police officers rapped on the door at 7 o'clock in the morning. bang to suddenly hit something hard, in a way that makes a loud noise: • Her father banged his fist down on the table angrily. • The door suddenly banged shut. pound written to hit something many times with a lot of force: • I could hear the sea pounding on the rocks. • She pounded on the door and shouted wildly. hammer written to hit something quickly many times making a loud continuous noise: • The rain was hammering on the roof. • A crowd of people were outside hammering on the door angrily. to hit something accidentally hit• I’ve got a bad bruise where I hit my leg against the table. • The car hit a tree. bumpto hit a part of your body against something, especially because you do not see or notice it: • Careful you don’t bump your head – the ceiling’s very low. bang/bash to hit something hard, so that you hurt yourself or damage something: • He banged into the car in front. • I bashed my knee climbing over a gate. • She fell and bashed her chin on the ground. stub to hit your toe against something and hurt it: • I stubbed my toe on the piano leg.
Longman-Thesaurus
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verb touch sb/sth with a lot of force ADV. hard She didn't hit me very hard. | almost, nearly A taxi almost hit him as he was crossing the street. | accidentally I accidentally hit my knee on the desk. VERB + HIT want to I was so angry, I wanted to hit him. | be going to I was afraid he was going to hit me. PREP. in She hit him in the face. | on I hit my head on the low doorway. | with He hit her with a stick. PHRASES hit sb over the head He was hit over the head with a broken bottle. have a bad effect on sb/sth ADV. badly, hard, heavily, severely Our department has been badly hit by the cutbacks. Some businesses have been hit very hard by the rise in interest rates. PHRASAL VERBS hit out ADV. hard | wildly I just hit out wildly in all directions. PREP. at In a rousing speech the minister hit out at racism in the armed forces., noun act of hitting sth/sb ADJ. direct VERB + HIT give sth, make, score Give it a good hit At last he managed to score a hit. | receive, suffer, take One of the tanks took a direct hit. HIT + NOUN list She was at the top of the terrorists' hit list (= the list of people they intended to kill) for over two years. Which services are on the government's hit list? | man, squad He claimed that a hit man had been paid £20,000 to kill him. sb/sth that is very popular ADJ. big, greatest, huge, massive, real, smash The show has been a smash hit. | immediate, instant | box-office, chart The band are here to promote their latest chart hit. HIT + NOUN album, film, movie, record, show, single, song | parade (old-fashioned) The single was number one in the British hit parade PREP. ~ with The series has been a big hit with children.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary