hit it off
verb (used with object)
1.
to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
2.
to come against with an impact or collision, as a missile, a flying fragment, a falling body, or the like: The car hit the tree.
3.
to reach with a missile, a weapon, a blow, or the like, as one throwing, shooting, or striking: Did the bullet hit him?
4.
to succeed in striking: With his final shot he hit the mark.
5.
6.
to drive or propel by a stroke: to hit a ball onto the green.
7.
to have a marked effect or influence on; affect severely: We were all hit by the change in management.
8.
to assail effectively and sharply (often followed by out ): The speech hits out at warmongering.
9.
to request or demand of: He hit me for a loan.
10.
to reach or attain (a specified level or amount): Prices are expected to hit a new low. The new train can hit 100 mph.
11.
to be published in or released to; appear in: When will this report hit the papers? What will happen when the story hits the front page?
12.
to land on or arrive in: The troops hit the beach at 0800. When does Harry hit town?
13.
to give (someone) another playing card, drink, portion, etc.: If the dealer hits me with an ace, I'll win the hand. Bartender, hit me again.
14.
to come or light upon; meet with; find: to hit the right road.
15.
to agree with; suit exactly: I'm sure this purple shirt will hit Alfred's fancy.
16.
to solve or guess correctly; come upon the right answer or solution: You've hit it!
17.
to succeed in representing or producing exactly: to hit a likeness in a portrait.
18.
Informal. to begin to travel on: Let's hit the road. What time shall we hit the trail?
verb (used without object)
19.
to strike with a missile, a weapon, or the like; deal a blow or blows: The armies hit at dawn.
20.
to come into collision (often followed by against, on, or upon ): The door hit against the wall.
21.
Slang. to kill; murder.
22.
(of an internal-combustion engine) to ignite a mixture of air and fuel as intended: This jalopy is hitting on all cylinders.
23.
to come or light (usually followed by upon or on ): to hit on a new way.
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noun
Verb phrases 24.
an impact or collision, as of one thing against another.
25.
a stroke that reaches an object; blow.
26.
a stroke of satire, censure, etc.: a hit at complacency.
27.
Baseball. base hit.
28.
Backgammon.
a.
a game won by a player after the opponent has thrown off one or more men from the board.
b.
any winning game.
29.
a successful stroke, performance, or production; success: The play is a hit.
30.
Slang. a dose of a narcotic drug.
31.
Computers.
a.
(in information retrieval) an instance of successfully locating an item of data in the memory bank of a computer.
b.
an instance of accessing a Web site.
32.
Slang. a killing, murder, or assassination, especially one carried out by criminal prearrangements.
33.
hit off,
a.
to represent or describe precisely or aptly: In his new book he hits off the American temperament with amazing insight.
b.
to imitate, especially in order to satirize.
34.
hit on, Slang. to make persistent sexual advances to: guys who hit on girls at social events.
35.
hit out,
a.
to deal a blow aimlessly: a child hitting out in anger and frustration.
b.
to make a violent verbal attack: Critics hit out at the administration's new energy policy.
36.
Idioms hit up, Slang.
a.
to ask to borrow money from: He hit me up for ten bucks.
b.
to inject a narcotic drug into a vein.
37.
hit it off, Informal. to be congenial or compatible; get along; agree: We hit it off immediately with the new neighbors. She and her brother had never really hit it off.
38.
hit or miss, without concern for correctness or detail; haphazardly: The paint job had been done hit or miss.
39.
hit the books, Slang. to study hard; cram.
40.
41.
hit the high spots,
a.
to go out on the town; go nightclubbing: We'll hit the high spots when you come to town.
b.
to do something in a quick or casual manner, paying attention to only the most important or obvious facets or items: When I clean the house I hit the high spots and that's about all. This course will hit the high spots of ancient history.
Origin:
before 1100; 1865–70, Americanism for def 5a; Middle English hitten, Old English hittan; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse hitta to come upon (by chance), meet with
before 1100; 1865–70, Americanism for def 5a; Middle English hitten, Old English hittan; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse hitta to come upon (by chance), meet with
Related forms
hit·less, adjective
hit·ta·ble, adjective
hit·ter, noun
non·hit, noun
out·hit, verb (used with object), out·hit, out·hit·ting.
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hit (hɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , hits, hitting, hit | |
| 1. | (also intr) to deal (a blow or stroke) to (a person or thing); strike: the man hit the child |
| 2. | to come into violent contact with: the car hit the tree |
| 3. | to reach or strike with a missile, thrown object, etc: to hit a target |
| 4. | to make or cause to make forceful contact; knock or bump: I hit my arm on the table |
| 5. | to propel or cause to move by striking: to hit a ball |
| 6. | cricket to score (runs) |
| 7. | to affect (a person, place, or thing) suddenly or adversely: his illness hit his wife very hard |
| 8. | to become suddenly apparent to (a person): the reason for his behaviour hit me and made the whole episode clear |
| 9. | to achieve or reach: to hit the jackpot; unemployment hit a new high |
| 10. | to experience or encounter: I've hit a slight snag here |
| 11. | slang to murder (a rival criminal) in fulfilment of an underworld contract or vendetta |
| 12. | to accord or suit (esp in the phrase hit one's fancy) |
| 13. | to guess correctly or find out by accident: you have hit the answer |
| 14. | informal to set out on (a road, path, etc): let's hit the road |
| 15. | informal to arrive or appear in: he will hit town tomorrow night |
| 16. | informal chiefly (US), (Canadian) to demand or request from: he hit me for a pound |
| 17. | slang to drink an excessive amount of (alcohol): to hit the bottle |
| 18. | slang music hit it start playing |
| 19. | slang (US) hit skins to have sexual intercourse |
| 20. | slang hit the sack, hit the hay to go to bed |
| 21. | not know what has hit one to be completely taken by surprise |
| —n | |
| 22. | an impact or collision |
| 23. | a shot, blow, etc, that reaches its object |
| 24. | an apt, witty, or telling remark |
| 25. | informal |
| a. a person or thing that gains wide appeal: she's a hit with everyone | |
| b. (as modifier): a hit record | |
| 26. | informal a stroke of luck |
| 27. | slang |
| a. a murder carried out as the result of an underworld vendetta or rivalry | |
| b. (as modifier): a hit squad | |
| 28. | slang a drag on a cigarette, a swig from a bottle, a line of a drug, or an injection of heroin |
| 29. | computing a single visit to a website |
| 30. | informal make a hit with, score a hit with to make a favourable impression on |
| [Old English hittan, from Old Norse hitta] | |
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Word Origin & History
hit
O.E. hyttan "come upon, meet with," from O.N. hitta "to light upon, meet with," from P.Gmc. *khitjanan. Meaning shifted in late O.E. period to "strike," via "to reach with a blow or missile," and replaced O.E. slean in this sense. Noun meaning "successful play, song, person," etc. first recorded 1811,
from verb meaning "to hit the mark, succeed" (c.1400). Underworld slang meaning "to kill by plan" is 1955 (n. is from 1970). Meaning "dose of narcotic" is 1951, from phrases like hit the bottle "drink alcohol" (1889). Original sense survives in phrases such as hit it off (1780) and hit on (1970s). To hit the nail on the head (1574) is from archery. Hit the road "leave" is from 1873; to hit (someone) up "request something" is from 1917. Hit and run is 1899 as a baseball play, 1924 as a driver failing to stop at a crash he caused. To not know what hit (one) is from 1923.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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hit it off
Get along well together, as in I was so glad that our parents hit it off. In the 17th century this phrase was put simply as hit it, the adverb off being added only in the mid-1800s.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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