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hit someone

Fig. [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.

hit

1. n. a success; something that meets with approval. (Often with with.) The fudge with nuts in it was a great hit at the sale.

2. n. a successful result; something that is exactly as intended. Your idea was right on target—a hit for sure.

3. n. a drink of liquor; a dose of a drug. (see also bop.) He had a hit of sauce and went out to finish his work.

4. tv. to reach something; to achieve something. I hit sixty next month, and I’m going to retire.

5. tv. to kill someone; to assassinate someone. (Underworld.) The thug set out to hit the mayor, but got nabbed first.

6. tv. to attack or rob someone or something. (Underworld.) Can you believe that they tried to hit a block party on Fourth Street?

7. n. a robbery; an assassination. (Underworld.) There was a hit at the bank on Maple Street last night.

See:

• a hit list
• a hit man
• a one-hit wonder
• be banging head against a brick wall
• be hard hit (by something)
• be hit for six
• below the belt, hit
• bottom
• bottom out
• can’t hit the broad side of a barn
• can’t hit the side of a barn
• can't hit the broad side of a barn
• can't hit the side of a barn
• close to home
• couldn't hit a bull in the ass with a bass fiddle
• couldn't hit the side of a barn
• don't let the door hit you on the way out
• don't let the door hit your ass on the way out
• fat hit the fire
• fire on all cylinders
• firing on all cylinders
• get hit for six
• get hit on
• get into stride
• go through the roof
• hard hit, be
• hit
• hit (someone) for six
• hit (someone) when (he or she) is down
• hit (something) out of the (ball)park
• hit a brick wall
• hit a home run
• hit a nerve
• hit a plateau
• hit a snag
• hit a sour note
• hit a wall
• hit above (one's) weight
• hit against
• hit and miss
• hit at
• hit back
• hit below (one's) weight
• hit below the belt
• hit between the eyes
• hit bottom
• hit by the stupid stick
• hit by the ugly stick
• hit hard
• hit home
• hit in
• hit it big
• hit it off
• hit it up (with someone)
• hit it with someone
• hit like a ton of bricks
• hit list
• hit man
• Hit me
• hit me (right) in the feels
• hit me again
• hit me on the hip
• hit off
• hit on
• hit on all cylinders
• hit on all six
• hit on someone
• hit on something
• hit one where one lives
• hit one's stride
• hit or miss
• hit out
• hit parade
• hit pay dirt
• hit rock bottom
• hit someone below the belt
• hit someone for something
• hit someone up for something
• hit someone with something
• hit speeds of
• hit stride
• hit the
• hit the big time
• hit the books
• hit the booze
• hit the bottle
• hit the brakes
• hit the bricks
• hit the buffers
• hit the bull’s-eye
• hit the bull's-eye
• hit the ceiling
• hit the deck
• hit the dirt
• hit the fan
• hit the gas
• hit the ground running
• hit the hay
• hit the headlines
• hit the high
• hit the high spots
• hit the jackpot
• hit the mark
• hit the nail on the head
• hit the panic button
• hit the pavement
• hit the right note
• hit the road
• hit the rock
• hit the rocks
• hit the roof
• hit the sack
• hit the sauce
• hit the sawdust trail
• hit the side of a barn
• hit the silk
• hit the skids
• hit the spot
• hit the trail
• hit the wall
• hit the white
• hit town
• hit two birds with one stone
• hit under the wing
• hit up
• hit up for
• hit where it hurts
• hit with
• hit-and-run
• hits the fan
• know what hit
• like a ton of bricks
• make a hit
• make a hit with
• make headlines
• nose hit
• not know what hit
• off the mark
• on the nail
• one-hit wonder
• pay dirt, hit
• pinch-hit
• pinch-hit for
• reach stride
• shit will hit the fan, the
• smash hit
• strike a happy medium
• strike a sour note
• take two and hit to right
• the shit hits the fan
• time to hit the road
• touch a nerve
• when the shit hits the fan
• wouldn't know if it hit in the face