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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hit it off

The two hit it off, and Yu joined Rivian in 2022 to work on a new secret project to develop smaller electric vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2026

Gussalli Beretta says the two hit it off.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 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

We hit it off very quickly, and he was clearly glad to have a friend in his new and, for him, very strange city.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers