hit hard

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hit something hard

to cause something to be much less successful. The tourist trade has been hit hard following the recent spate of bombings. (usually passive)

See also: hard, hit

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Crisparkle had just enough of harmless vanity to hope that he had hit hard, and to glow with the belief that he had trimmed the Philanthropic Jacket pretty handsomely. The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context "No, nor he woon't hev the stick, whether you want it or no," pursued Dagley, throwing out his voice, as if he wanted it to hit hard. Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context "And how often have I told you," rejoined Tom, "that it'll always go where you want, if you only stick to it and hit hard enough. Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context More results

References in classic literature

Crisparkle had just enough of harmless vanity to hope that he had hit hard, and to glow with the belief that he had trimmed the Philanthropic Jacket pretty handsomely.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context

"No, nor he woon't hev the stick, whether you want it or no," pursued Dagley, throwing out his voice, as if he wanted it to hit hard.

Middlemarch by Eliot, George View in context

"And how often have I told you," rejoined Tom, "that it'll always go where you want, if you only stick to it and hit hard enough.

Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context

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