hit on

verb

1. to strike

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

3. slang,  to make sexual advances to (a person)

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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