make+a+hit

  • 11hit — 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. )… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 12hit — I n. blow that strikes the target 1) to score a hit 2) to take a hit (our ship took several direct hits) 3) a direct hit success (colloq.) 4) to make a hit with (she made quite a hit with the audience) 5) a smash hit II v. 1) ( to strike ) to hit …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 13hit — 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 …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14hit — 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… …

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  • 15hit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, success, smash; favorite; popularity. v. strike, club, batter; touch, contact, reach, find; knock, smite; slang, bump off. See arrival, impulse, killing. II (Roget s IV) I modif. Syn. shot …

    English dictionary for students

  • 16hit — v. & n. v. (hitting; past and past part. hit) 1 tr. a strike with a blow or a missile. b (of a moving body) strike (the plane hit the ground). c reach (a target, a person, etc.) with a directed missile (hit the window with the ball). 2 tr. cause… …

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  • 17hit — [[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… …

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  • 18hit on —    to attempt or achieve a sexual relationship with a female    Either trying to make a hit with, make a good impression on, her, or the usual violent imagery:     ... people start sending drinks over to me, like fifty at a time. Then they re all …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 19hit — See: HARD HITTING, MAKE A HIT, SMASH HIT …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 20hit — See: HARD HITTING, MAKE A HIT, SMASH HIT …

    Dictionary of American idioms