hit up for
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Minter would be hit up for three runs on three hits while Drew Smyly went three innings and let up two more runs on five hits.
From Fox News • Nov. 1, 2021
When we ran a similar ranking of Costco wines last year, many readers were frustrated by not knowing which Costco to hit up for each prized bottle.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2019
Because he made a pile of money from co-founding LinkedIn, has invested in companies like Airbnb and is generally considered one of Silicon Valley’s most-high-profile angel investors, Reid Hoffman gets hit up for money—a lot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 10, 2018
I want to ask the guys my size if, like me, they find themselves being hit up for money a lot.
From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2018
I know he can’t follow the gait we’ll hit up for thirty miles, so I just naturally asked, sabe?”
From The Orphan by Mulford, Clarence E.
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