Meaning

2 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To cope; to be successful in something despite adversity.

    I don't know if I can hack it here; the work is too hard for me.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hack, it.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Tom couldn't hack it.

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  2. Tom took a labouring job, but he just couldn't hack it after a few days.

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Forms

hacks it, hacking it, hacked it, hacked it
Base formhack it · to hack it
3rd person singularhacks it
Present participlehacking it
Past simplehacked it
Past participlehacked it

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhack it
he, she, ithacks it

Past simpleLesson

all personshacked it

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hacked it
he, she, ithas hacked it

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hack it

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
habituallyhackC1hackerhackney
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