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hit on

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verb (tr, preposition)

to strike
Also: hit upon to discover unexpectedly or guess correctly
US and Canadian slang to make sexual advances to (a person)

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Words nearby hit on

Hitlerism, Hitlerite, hit list, hit man, hit off, hit on, hit on all cylinders, hit one's stride, hit one where one lives, hit-or-miss, hit out
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Words related to hit on

propound, urge, offer, nominate, request, introduce, come up with, submit, recommend, ask, drum up, require, canvass, promote, seek, proffer, broach, set forth, disclose, reveal

Idioms and Phrases with hit on

hit on
1

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

2

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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