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hit the fan

Inf. Fig. to become publicly known; to become a scandal. (From the phrase when the shit hit the fan.) I wasn't even in the country when it hit the fan. It hit the fan, and within ten minutes the press had spread it all over the world.

See also: fan, hit

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He hit the heights, hit the bottle, then hit the fans. RESULT!: Nigel no longer suits Burton by The Mirror (London, England) And then in Chicago this week, shit hit the fan again. Billy Corgan Is Very Crankypants by John S.W. MacDonald / The New York Observer Well, Lewis did buy into it, the shit hit the fan, and there is a danger - and this is the real tragedy - that some of it could end up sticking to Eyla, which is that precious thing, a small charity with the potential to make real and lasting positive social impact. We can't afford to lose people to politics by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			hit below the belt hit between the eyes hit bottom hit hard hit home hit in hit it off hit like a ton of bricks hit off hit on hit one where one lives hit or miss hit out hit pay dirt hit rock bottom hit stride hit the books hit the bottle hit the brakes hit the bricks hit the buffers hit the bull's-eye hit the ceiling hit the deck hit the dirt hit the fan hit the ground running hit the hay hit the headlines hit the high spots hit the jackpot hit the mark hit the nail on the head hit the panic button hit the right note hit the road hit the roof hit the sack hit the side of a barn hit the skids hit the spot hit the trail hit town hit up hit where it hurts hit with hitch hitch wagon to Hitch your wagon to a star hither hither, thither, and yon			Hit the bid hit the books hit the books hit the books hit the books hit the books hit the books hit the booze hit the bottle hit the brakes hit the bricks hit the bricks hit the bricks hit the bricks hit the bricks hit the bricks hit the bricks hit the buffers hit the bull's-eye hit the ceiling hit the ceiling Hit the Cell hit the deck hit the deck hit the deck hit the deck hit the deck hit the deck hit the dirt hit the dirt hit the fan Hit the Floor Hit the Ground hit the ground running hit the ground running hit the ground running hit the ground running hit the ground running hit the ground running hit the ground running hit the hay hit the hay hit the headlines hit the high spots Hit the Highway hit the jackpot hit the jackpot hit the jackpot hit the jackpot hit the jackpot hit the jackpot hit the mark hit the nail on the head hit the nail on the head hit the nail on the head hit the nail on the head hit the nail on the head hit the nail on the head hit the panic button hit the panic button hit the panic button

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