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hit
verb
- To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply: bash, catch, clout, knock, pop1, slam, slog, slug3, smash, smite, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop. Informal: biff, bop, clip1, wallop. Slang: belt, conk, paste. Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone. See attack, strike
- To enter a person's mind: occur, strike. Idiom: cross one's mind. See happen
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Informal. To come upon, especially suddenly or unexpectedly: catch, hit on or upon, surprise, take. See surprise
phrasal verb
hit back- To return like for like, especially to return an unfriendly or hostile action with a similar one: counter, reciprocate, retaliate, retort, strike back. See attack, forgiveness
phrasal verb
hit on or upon
- To come upon, especially suddenly or unexpectedly: catch, surprise, take. Informal: hit. See surprise
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Informal. To reach (a goal or objective): arrive at, attain, come to, gain, get to. See start
noun
- A sudden sharp, powerful stroke: bang, blow2, clout, crack, lick, pound, slug3, sock, swat, thwack, welt, whack, wham, whop. Informal: bash, biff, bop, clip1, wallop. Slang: belt, conk, paste. See attack, strike
- A dazzling, often sudden instance of success: sleeper. Informal: smash, smash hit, ten-strike, wow. Slang: boff, boffo, boffola. See thrive
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Slang. An inhalation, as of a cigar, pipe, or cigarette: drag, draw, puff, pull. See breath
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Slang. The crime of murdering someone: blood, homicide, killing, murder. See help
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