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hit

Definition for hit

noun as in strike, bump

noun as in entertainment success

Strongest matches

favorite, winner

Weak match

SRO

verb as in collide, bump into

verb as in reach, attain

Strongest matches

affect, occur, reach, strike, touch

Strong matches

achieve, attain, gain, influence, secure

Weak match

arrive at

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Example Sentences

Return to the car and restart it, and the radio is now magically on channel 2, tormenting you with the lamest, er, greatest popular hits of our day.

Still, it’s unlikely that Popeyes’ pescatarian offering will come close to matching its big-clucking-deal hit.

Leonard said the NBA was putting “money over health,” a direct hit on the league’s values.

The Driver twists, slamming the hit man’s head against one wall, then another.

She noted that categories normally known for brand licensing agreements — entertainment venues, sports, and experiential industries — have taken a hit due to the pandemic.

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The most recent issue contains detailed instructions for building car bombs, and the magazine frequently draws up hit-lists.

The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking Police Officer Andrew Dossi.

I was friends with her drummer from Sleater-Kinney, and I met Carrie, and we just hit it off.

We hit it off amazingly well, and started a real friendship.

They were the machine gun bullets coming from the ambush when my company got hit.

Many of us had been hit by the balls, but a bruise or a graze of the skin was the worst consequence that had ensued.

He shut his fist and hit Butterface a weak but well intended right-hander on the nose.

One of the men seemed pretty bad, being hit in the head and in the body.

He could hit upon no plan, and he couldn't muster confidence to turn in.

The Frenchman never withdrew his blade; but his very anxiety to make a hit was defeating itself.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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