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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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How to use hit on in a sentence

Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
'Babylon' Review: The Dumb Lives of Trigger-Happy Cops|Melissa Leon|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.
U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre|Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
I Tried to Warn You About Sleazy Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein in 2003|Vicky Ward|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking Police Officer Andrew Dossi.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST

You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Many of us had been hit by the balls, but a bruise or a graze of the skin was the worst consequence that had ensued.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
He shut his fist and hit Butterface a weak but well intended right-hander on the nose.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
One of the men seemed pretty bad, being hit in the head and in the body.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
He could hit upon no plan, and he couldn't muster confidence to turn in.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
The Frenchman never withdrew his blade; but his very anxiety to make a hit was defeating itself.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills

Other Idioms and Phrases with hit on

hit on

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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