hit it off

Idioms  

1. Get along well together, as in I was so glad that our parents hit it off. In the 17th century this phrase was put simply as hit it, the adverb off being added only in the mid-1800s.

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Example Sentences

She chose Will from Surrey to be her date on a holiday to Gibraltar, but the pair did not hit it off.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

The two founders hit it off based on their shared product-engineering backgrounds and similar low-profile personalities, according to Haider Rafique, global managing partner at OKX, who was also present at the dinner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

"I haven't panicked when I've hit it off line and into trees, I've layed up and relied on wedges and those scoring clubs," he told Sky Sports.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

“By then, both of us had been through divorces and she had two small kids—Oliver and Kate—and I had one, Boston. We hit it off and agreed, ‘Let’s have fun until we don’t.’”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

So much for thinking we hit it off.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan