hit+upon
21hit on — hit upon 1) he hit on the truth Cagney hit upon a great idea for the finale Syn: discover, come up with, think of, conceive of, dream up, work out, invent, create, devise, design, pioneer; uncover, stumble on …
22hit — hit1 [ hıt ] (past tense and past participle hit) verb *** ▸ 1 touch something with force ▸ 2 have bad effect on ▸ 3 when you realize something ▸ 4 reach place/state etc. ▸ 5 press switch etc. ▸ 6 achieve score in sport ▸ + PHRASES 1. )… …
23hit — [c]/hɪt / (say hit) verb (hit, hitting) –verb (t) 1. to deal a blow or stroke; bring forcibly into collision. 2. to come against with an impact or collision, as a missile, a flying fragment, a falling body, or the like does. 3. to reach with a… …
24hit — 1 /hIt/ verb past tense and past participle hitpresent participle hitting 1 TOUCH SB/STH HARD (T) to touch someone or something quickly and usually hard with your hand, a stick etc: hit sth with: Billy was hitting a tin can with a spoon. | hit sb …
25hit on/upon — DISCOVER, come up with, think of, conceive of, dream up, work out, invent, create, devise, design, pioneer; uncover, stumble on, chance on, light on, come upon. → hit * * * hit on/upon [phrasal verb] 1 hit on (someone) US …
26hit — {{11}}hit (n.) late 15c., a rebuke; 1590s as a blow, from HIT (Cf. hit) (v.). Meaning successful play, song, person, etc., 1811, is from the verbal sense of to hit the mark, succeed (c.1400). Underworld slang meaning a killing is from 1970.… …
27hit — [[t]hɪ̱t[/t]] ♦ hits, hitting (The form hit is used in the present tense and is the past and present participle.) 1) VERB If you hit someone or something, you deliberately touch them with a lot of force, with your hand or an object held in your… …
28hit on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hit on : present tense I/you/we/they hit on he/she/it hits on present participle hitting on past tense hit on past participle hit on 1) hit on or hit upon hit on something to suddenly have an idea They hit on… …
29hit — hit1 W2S1 [hıt] v past tense and past participle hit present participle hitting ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(touch somebody/something hard)¦ 2¦(crash into something)¦ 3¦(hurt yourself)¦ 4¦(sport)¦ 5¦(press)¦ 6¦(attack)¦ 7¦(affect badly)¦ …
30hit — I UK [hɪt] / US verb Word forms hit : present tense I/you/we/they hit he/she/it hits present participle hitting past tense hit past participle hit *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to move quickly onto an object or surface, touching it with force… …
