to hit it off
68
3.6
- phrasal verb
- /hɪt ɪt ɔf/
- Informal
:
caer bien
- Rudolph and the young blonde woman seemed to have hit it off immediately.
- really hit it off
- immediately hit it off
- instantly hit it off
And we just hit it off and I sent them the film.
- And we just hit it off and I sent them the film.
- Everything was going well and we were really hitting it off but no one could know.
- And so we hit it off really fast.
- And that led to us shooting in Scotland at their distillery, and we hit it off.
- And so we met socially and we were at parties together and just, you know, kind of hit it off with a friendship.
- He was untested, largely as an agent, but I trusted his taste and we hit it off.
- So post graduation she decided to go visit her brother with her other brother and we hit it off.
- But like I was just clearly in a better place when I met Stacy and we hit it off and we have a brilliant relationship and it's still brilliant.
- Took it to the phone and again, hit it off immediately, all right, immediately and felt a connection like no other.
- And, you know, we kind of sort of hit it off right away pretty much.
- So I think like off the bat, like we hit it off in that aspect of our relationship.
Examples
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So they must have hit it off pretty well?
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Looks like our friends are really hitting it off.
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And we just hit it off and I sent them the film.
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And, you know, we kind of sort of hit it off right away pretty much.
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So we met and we kind of hit it off in a very weird way.
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And so we hit it off really fast.
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And we just hit it off and, you know, worked well together for a long, long time.
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Seems like you guys hit it off.
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And I think you two are going to hit it off just fine.
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When I met Sarah, we immediately hit it off and became good friends.
Synonyms
529
1.9
Have a friendly relationship with someone
136
2.0
Have a friendly relationship with someone
119
2.0
Have a friendly relationship with someone
15
2.7
Have a friendly relationship with someone
Antonyms
How Friendly
26
2.8
149
2.9
- Informal
68
3.6
- US
529
1.9
773
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
hit + it + off
The meaning 'to quickly become friendly' is idiomatic and cannot be predicted from the literal meanings of 'hit' (to strike), 'it' (a placeholder pronoun), and 'off' (a particle). The pronoun is semantically empty here and the particle does not contribute a transparent social/relational sense, and many languages use different verbs for 'get along', so a B1 learner who knows the parts would still not reliably infer the meaning.
Etymology
The idiom hit it off may come from the image of hit as a quick strike and off as moving away together, like a sudden spark or click between two people that makes them connect and feel comfortable. That's why it means 'to quickly become friendly'.