Meaning

6 senses

  1. (imperative, informal, usually)To start performing; start playing a song, etc.

  2. (slang)To leave, to hit the road.

  3. (slang)To have sex.

  4. (slang)To smoke a cigarette, take an illicit drug, or drink an alcoholic beverage.

  5. (slang)To drive a vehicle, especially a car or motorcycle, really fast.

  6. (slang)To try a gambling game.

Examples

77 sentences

  1. We hit it off.

    Ми знайшли спільну мову.

    ruМы поладили.

    deWir haben uns sofort prima verstanden.

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  2. We didn't exactly hit it off.

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  3. We hit it off right away.

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  4. Tom and I immediately hit it off.

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  5. Tom and Mary just don't hit it off.

    deTom und Mary verstehen sich einfach nicht.

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Origin

Compare typologically Russian уда́риться (в) (udáritʹsja (v)), тро́гать (trógatʹ), тро́нут

Compare typologically Russian уда́риться (в) (udáritʹsja (v)), тро́гать (trógatʹ), тро́нуться (trónutʹsja).

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Forms

hits it, hitting it, hit it, hit it
Base formhit it · to hit it
3rd person singularhits it
Present participlehitting it
Past simplehit it
Past participlehit it

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhit it
he, she, ithits it

Past simpleLesson

all personshit it

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hit it

Word family

1 related words
Relatedbeat it

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hitA2hitchC2hitchhike
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