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View synonyms for

hit on

verb

  1. to strike

  2. Also: hit upon.to discover unexpectedly or guess correctly

  3. slangto make sexual advances to (a person)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Also, hit upon . Discover, happen to find, as in I've hit upon a solution to this problem . [c. 1700]

Make sexual advances to someone, especially unwanted ones, as in You can't go into that bar without being hit on . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]

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Apartment blocks and office buildings were among the locations hit on Monday.

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Job opportunities at the Port of Los Angeles are dwindling as President Trump’s steep tariffs take a hit on global trade and a major economic engine for the regional economy.

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If City decided to take a massive hit on the £100m they paid for Grealish four years ago, then perhaps a suitor could afford to pay him a large sign-on fee to compensate for a drop in his wages.

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Mr Dunlop said his sister Jo and Sam had a "special relationship" and were an "enormous hit on the show", adding: "The public really loved them."

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Sconce also harvested organs and body parts for profit, pulled teeth to extract the gold from fillings, and was investigated for allegedly contracting a hit on a rival and poisoning another competitor who was trying to expose the crimes at the Lamb funeral home.

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