to hit the club
- phrasal verb
- Informal
- We should hit the club tonight; I heard there's a great DJ performing.
- go hit the club
Examples
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For one, I don't even hit the club that much.
Blog text (12) -
We've all got to try and get on the same level together... so we feel like a unit when we hit the club.
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Ready to hit the club.
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Oh okay, well, let's hit the club or something.
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The other guys just went out to hit the clubs.
Fiction book (1993) -
We hit the club at 22:30.
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I'll hit the club, you go see Archie.
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And we would go hit the club and we would get out our scissors and we would cut a rug and had the best time.
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Let's hit the club after dinner to dance and have fun.
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Are you ready to hit the club this weekend for some live music?
Synonyms
To start dancing at a party or club
Go to a bar to have a drink and talk with friends
To meet someone and spend time talking and relaxing
Antonyms
How Social
- Informal
- Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'club' is transparent, but the verb 'hit' here is used in a colloquial, metaphorical sense meaning 'visit/go to' rather than its primary sense 'strike' or 'achieve'. This extended, collocational use of 'hit' is not fully predictable for an average B1 learner who only knows the basic senses, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Hit the club uses hit in the old sense of 'go to', like hit the road; picture someone stepping quickly into a club and 'hitting' the dance floor to party. So the phrase means 'to go to a nightclub to dance or socialize'.