Hit Definition
(dialectal) It.
- To be successful:
investors who hit it big on the stock market.
- To get along well together.
- To study, especially with concentrated effort.
- To engage in drinking alcoholic beverages.
- To go on strike.
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Hit
- hit it big
- hit it off
- hit the books
- hit the bottle
- hit the bricks
- hit the fan
- hit the ground running
- hit the hay
- hit the high points
- hit the jackpot
- hit the nail on the head
- hit the road
- hit the roof
- hit the spot
- hit the wall
- hit it off
- hit off
- hit on
- hit or miss
- hit (out) at
- hit someone over the head
- hit the fan
- hit the ground running
- hit the road
Origin of Hit
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From Middle English hitten (“to hit, strike, make contact with”), from Old English hittan (“to meet with, come upon, fall in with”), probably of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse hitta (“to strike, meet”), from Proto-Germanic *hitjaną (“to come upon, find”), from Proto-Indo-European *k(')eid- (“to fall, fall upon”). Cognate with Icelandic hitta (“to meet”), Danish hitte (“to find”), Latin caedō (“fall”), Albanian qit (“to hit, throw, pull out, release”).
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English hit (“it”), from Old English hit (“it”), from Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *k'e-, *k'ey- (“this, here”). Cognate with Dutch het (“it”). More at it. Note 'it.
From Wiktionary
Middle English hitten from Old English hyttan from Old Norse hitta
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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