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hit the books

Idioms  
  1. Study with concentrated effort, as in At exam time we all hit the books. [Slang; first half of 1900s]


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Much of the growth is due to a lag in when the costs of huge AI investments hit the books.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

And again, what Weber was doing with the warranty has been illegal since 1975, when the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act first hit the books.

From The Verge Jul. 8, 2022

It's almost back-to-school time, are you ready to hit the books?

From Fox News Aug. 18, 2021

This is a big week for Ozzie Vazquez, the young whiz kid and Chinatown resident who hit the books hard in both Mexico and Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2019

I went to school, but I never really hit the books.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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