All hit on synonyms

verb hit on

• request — the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
• infuriate — to make furious; enrage.
• attract — If something attracts people or animals, it has features that cause them to come to it.
• urge — to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
• sue — to institute a process in law against; bring a civil action against: to sue someone for damages.
• claim — If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
• pray — to offer devout petition, praise, thanks, etc., to (God or an object of worship).
• propose — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
• require — to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
• plead — to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.
• submit — to give over or yield to the power or authority of another (often used reflexively).
• call — a demand for redeemable bonds or shares to be presented for repayment
• contest — A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
• address — Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
• demand — If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
• ask — If you ask someone something, you say something to them in the form of a question because you want to know the answer.
• apply — If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
• petition — a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit: a petition for clemency; a petition for the repeal of an unfair law.
• refer — to direct for information or anything required: He referred me to books on astrology.
• call upon — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
• disclose — to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
• reveal — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
• notice — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
• recognize — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
• spot — a rounded mark or stain made by foreign matter, as mud, blood, paint, ink, etc.; a blot or speck.
• distinguish — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
• see — to perceive with the eyes; look at.
• observe — to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
• identify — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
• catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
• uncover — to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
• find — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
• annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
• aggravate — If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse.
• worsen — Make or become worse.
• heighten — to increase the height of; make higher.
• irritate — to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
• inflame — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
• provoke — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
• intensify — to make intense or more intense.
• tease — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
• propound — to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose: to propound a theory.
• offer — to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
• nominate — to propose (someone) for appointment or election to an office.
• request — the act of asking for something to be given or done, especially as a favor or courtesy; solicitation or petition: At his request, they left.
• introduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
• come up with — If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it.
• recommend — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
• drum up — a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
• canvass — If you canvass for a particular person or political party, you go around an area trying to persuade people to vote for that person or party.