hit (redirected from hits for)

hit someone

Fig. [of a meaning] being understood by someone. I didn't understand what she was getting at until it suddenly hit me. She was asking for a ride home.

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a hit list a hit man a one-hit wonder be banging head against a brick wall bottom bottom out can't hit the side of a barn couldn't hit a bull in the ass with a bass fiddle fat hit the fire firing on all cylinders get into stride hit hit a home run hit a nerve hit a plateau hit a snag hit a wall hit against hit and miss hit at hit back 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 hits the fan know what hit like a ton of bricks make a hit with make headlines not know what hit pinch-hit pinch-hit for reach stride smash hit strike a happy medium strike a sour note the shit hits the fan time to hit the road touch a nerve when the shit hits the fan wouldn't know if it hit in the face