verb
She hit him on the jaw and he went down
He hit the ball over the heads of the fielders
The car went off the road and hit a tree
The new taxes hit the wealthy more than the poor
It finally hit Graham that he had been insulted
Those who have hit eighty know the meaning of old age. She hit the jackpot this week
It was at that point that we hit a snag in the negotiations
As usual, Guthrie hit me for a loan as soon as we met
hit on or upon
After years of experimentation, the Curies hit upon pitchblende as a source of radium
I have hit upon a way to counteract the force of gravity
noun
The weakness of the hit caused only a slight dent in my car door. The boxer reeled after a hard hit to the midriff
After opening in the West End the musical became a hit on Broadway
Give me a hit off that reefer
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