Meaning
1 senses(slang)To be exceedingly successful at (a particular enterprise).
Examples
4 sentencesYou can't hit them all out of the park.
Tom's new self-help book hit it out of the ball park.
Tom hit a parked car.
ruТом врезался в припаркованную машину. — marafon · CC BY 2.0 FR
When Yanni was parking, he hit a parked car.
deBeim Einparken stieß Yanni gegen ein parkendes Auto. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
Suggesting a powerful home run in baseball.Suggesting a powerful home run in baseball.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
hits out of the park, hitting out of the park, hit out of the park, hit out of the park| Base form | hit out of the park · to hit out of the park |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | hits out of the park |
| Present participle | hitting out of the park |
| Past simple | hit out of the park |
| Past participle | hit out of the park |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
2 synonymshit it for sixknock it out of the park
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.