Collocations for "hitting"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "hitting" in context.
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hit
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- hit [the wall, a tree, a pedestrian, another car]
- [car, bus, he] hit [a wall]
- hit him in the [face, arm]
- was hit by a [car, ball]
- hit with a [bat, club, shovel]
- hit [their partners, his girlfriend]
- hit the [baseball, golfball, ball]
- hit from behind
- hit the ground [hard, loudly]
- hit the ground running
- hit [play, stop, rewind]
- hit a [record, new high]
- hit [the high notes, a chord]
- hit the nail [on the head, with a hammer]
- hit the [jackpot, bullseye]
- (the news) hit us like a [thunderbolt, bolt of lightning]
- hit the road
- hit rock bottom
- hit it off [immediately, from the first moment]
- hit out at [comments, critics]
- hit on [her, his crush]
- slang: the [athlete, marathon runner] hit the wall
- a [chart, billboard] hit
- their (new) number one hit
- classic hits such as
- had [five] top 10 hits
- was an instant hit
- was a hit in [Japan]
- played their [biggest, most popular] hits
- [had, played] hit after hit
- sport: a [good, long, home run, foul] hit
- landed a hit to his [jaw, stomach]
- the hit knocked him [out, unconscious]
- a direct hit on the (enemy) [plane, tank]
- drug: a [long, deep] hit of [marijuana, crack]
- take a hit of [marijuana]
- take a hit from the [pipe, joint]
- have taken a severe hit [from, as a result of, due to]
- [sales, profit, revenue, the markets] took a hit
- a hit [record, album, single]
'hitting' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):