to hit
- verb
- /hɪt/
- Josh is still the only person to hit it.
- hit the target
- hit the mark
- hit the goal
But as soon as my feet hit that stage, I'm OK.
- But as soon as my feet hit that stage, I'm OK.
- Will we know if we hit it just about right?
- I really want to like hit that goal, like strong.
- How long did it take you to hit your next like goldmine?
- And that is where we hit the impasse.
- So I really think I hit the money on this one.
- What point in time did you hit your lowest point?
- So once more we hit this dimension of four.
Examples
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This is the busiest and biggest town we've hit since you've left.
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Official unemployment hit 25 percent in 1933, the year my mother was born.
Academic text (2004) -
Will we know if we hit it just about right?
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So let us call that point where you hit as X.
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And next week when our paychecks hit, we're done with debt.
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Total funding for highways hit $200 million annually by the close of the decade.
Academic text (2005) -
The rate began falling four years ago after hitting a peak of 14.7 percent.
Academic text (2017) -
The outflow of capital is expected to hit $110 billion this year.
Academic text (2015) -
After training for months, she was thrilled to finally hit her target weight.
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The team worked hard all year, and they were excited to hit their sales goal ahead of schedule.
Synonyms
To reach a place or achieve a goal
Get to a place, level, or goal after effort
To get something useful, often by effort, like money or skills
Reach a place, for example a station, or come to a decision after thinking
To reach a level, place, or goal after hard work
To reach the thing you aim at or the goal you planned
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
To reach the lowest point in your life before you begin to get better
To go out onto the street to look for work, run for exercise, or sell things
- Informal
To suddenly understand something you should have noticed earlier
Phrasal Verbs
Go out into public to take part in activities like protesting or selling things
To reach a point where you cannot continue because you are very tired or stuck
To reach a stage when a person cannot continue and must make a big change
- Jargon
To score six runs by hitting the ball over the boundary without it touching the ground
Compounds
A vehicle crash caused by a driver who leaves without helping or saying who they are
A hit that lets the batter reach base safely, not because of an error or fielder's choice
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Hit meaning to reach or achieve a level comes from the idea of 'hitting' a target or mark, so to hit a goal is to reach or succeed in getting it.