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to hit the club

to hit the club

1 8.2
To go to a nightclub to dance and be with friends
  • phrasal verb
  • Informal
translation icon : ir a la discoteca
  • We should hit the club tonight; I heard there's a great DJ performing.
  • go hit the club

Examples

  • For one, I don't even hit the club that much.

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  • We've all got to try and get on the same level together... so we feel like a unit when we hit the club.

  • Ready to hit the club.

  • Oh okay, well, let's hit the club or something.

  • The other guys just went out to hit the clubs.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • We hit the club at 22:30.

  • I'll hit the club, you go see Archie.

  • 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.

  • Let's hit the club after dinner to dance and have fun.

  • Are you ready to hit the club this weekend for some live music?

Synonyms

to hit the dance floor
vsto hit the club
  • Informal
2 3.9

To start dancing at a party or club

is about going out to a nighttime venue for dancing or socializing
to hit the bar
vsto hit the club
  • Informal
2 7.0

Go to a bar to have a drink and talk with friends

is about going out for energetic dancing and socializing at nighttime venues
to hit it up
vsto hit the club
  • Slang
1 8.9

To meet someone and spend time talking and relaxing

is specifically about going out at night for dancing and lively socializing

Antonyms

336 1.0

Be at home and not go out

How Social

to hit the club
  • Informal
1 8.2
to hit the bar
  • Informal
2 7.0
to go out
893 1.0
to stay home
336 1.0

Surface Forms

hit the club infinitive
hit the club past participle
hitting the club present participle
hits the club third person singular

Morphology

hit + the + club

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'.