hit it off

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hit it awf, of]
- /hɪt ɪt ɔf, ɒf/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hit it awf, of]
- /hɪt ɪt ɔf, ɒf/

Definitions of hit it off words

verb with object hit it off to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer. 1
verb with object hit it off to come against with an impact or collision, as a missile, a flying fragment, a falling body, or the like: The car hit the tree. 1
verb with object hit it off to reach with a missile, a weapon, a blow, or the like, as one throwing, shooting, or striking: Did the bullet hit him? 1
verb with object hit it off to succeed in striking: With his final shot he hit the mark. 1
verb with object hit it off Baseball. to make (a base hit): He hit a single and a home run. bat1 (def 12). 1
verb with object hit it off to drive or propel by a stroke: to hit a ball onto the green. 1

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Origin of hit it off

First appearance:

before 1100

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1100; 1865-70, Americanism for def 5a; Middle English hitten, Old English hittan; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Old Norse hitta to come upon (by chance), meet with

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Parts of speech for Hit it off

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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hit it off popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for hit it off

verb hit it off

click — If something clicks or if you click it, it makes a short, sharp sound.
cotton to — If you cotton to someone or something, you start to like them.
fall in with — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
make friends — get to know people
see eye to eye — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.

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