hit out

verb

to direct blows forcefully and vigorously
to make a verbal attack (upon someone)

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Idioms and Phrases

Make a violent verbal or physical attack; also, strike aimlessly. For example, The star hit out at the press for their lukewarm reviews , or The therapist said patients often hit out in frustration . [First half of 1800s]

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Chapman hit out at the judiciary at a transgender rights rally in Aberdeen the following weekend.

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In his usual fashion, Trump hit out at "fake polls from fake news organisations".

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US President Donald Trump has hit out at South Africa's new expropriation law, signing an executive order in February stating it was a means to which the government could "seize ethnic minority Afrikaners' agricultural property without compensation".

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"When you make an album in LA or London, everything is great, even if it's mediocre, because people want a hit out of it," he argues.

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The comedian Romesh Ranganathan has hit out at his local council after his youngest son did not get offered any of his preferred choices in his secondary school placement.

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