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- [hit awf, of]
- /hɪt ɔf, ɒf/
- /hɪt ɒf/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hit awf, of]
- /hɪt ɔf, ɒf/
Definitions of hit off words
- verb with object hit off to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer. 1
- verb with object hit 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 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 off to succeed in striking: With his final shot he hit the mark. 1
- verb with object hit off Baseball. to make (a base hit): He hit a single and a home run. bat1 (def 12). 1
- verb with object hit off to drive or propel by a stroke: to hit a ball onto the green. 1
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Origin of hit 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
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Hit off
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hit 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".
hit off usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hit off
verb hit 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.
Antonyms for hit off
verb hit off
- hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
- block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
- harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
See also
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