to hit the bar

Examples

• All

• -No, we'll have to get it when we hit the bar.

  Renegades (2022)

• I said later I wanna hit the bar.

  Fifty Shades of Black (2016)

• I say we hit the bar first and try to get a quick nine holes before we go home.

  Slaughterhouse Rock (1988)

• - Why didn't you tell him to hit the bar?

  Crooked Arrows (2012)

• Let's hit the bar after work for a drink.

• Are you ready to hit the bar and celebrate the end of the week?

Synonyms

H

to hit the club

vsto hit the bar

• Informal

1 8.2

To go to a nightclub to dance and be with friends

refers to going to a drinking place rather than a dance venue

B

to belly up to the bar

vsto hit the bar

• Informal

1 8.8

Go up to a bar counter to order a drink

is used for going to socialize rather than just to order

B

to bar hop

vsto hit the bar

• Informal

1 6.9

To go from bar to bar, drinking at each place

is about visiting a single place rather than moving between many

H

to hit it up

vsto hit the bar

• Slang

1 8.9

To meet someone and spend time talking and relaxing

is specific to going to a drinking place rather than meeting anywhere

P

to prop up the bar

vsto hit the bar

• Informal

8.8

To spend time at a bar drinking and talking with friends

is for going briefly rather than staying a long time

B

to barhop

vsto hit the bar

• Informal

6.9

To visit several bars or pubs in one night for drinks

means going to a single place for a drink or chat

P

to pub-crawl

vsto hit the bar

• Informal

7.4

To visit several pubs in one night, drinking at each one

refers to going to one place for a drink or socializing

Antonyms

S

to stay home

336 1.0

Be at home and not go out

How Often

to bar-hopping

• Informal

5.1

to hit the bar

• Informal

2 7.0

to stop by

• Informal

494 2.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology