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]

Example Sentences

Damian Willemse gave the tourists a dream start with a fourth-minute try, before Ryan's yellow for a high hit on Malcolm Marx in the build-up to Tadhg Beirne's disallowed try.

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“People were coming back and saying, ‘I feel it, I think we’ve hit on something.’”

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One of the benchmarks I needed to hit on this record was to be comfortable that I’m not misrepresenting myself, which is why I’m OK if there’s an out-of-tune note here and there or if it’s a little bit fast or slow.

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Colombia's President Gustavo Petro has criticised the strikes, saying Colombian citizens were on board the boat hit on 15 September, and later claiming Mr Carranza was among those killed.

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Since he hit on the ambigram idea as a teenager, he has made thousands.

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