hit it

idiom

informal
used to tell a group of musicians to begin playing
Hit it, boys!

Examples of hit it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The two instantly hit it off but are looking for different things. Lexi Carson, Variety, 16 May 2024 And over three days touring Israel crammed together in a bus, the moms hit it off. Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 10 May 2024 No surprise that the hot display case was ruled in disrepair and managers stopped using it before the inspectors hit it with a Stop Use Order. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024 Two innings later, Detmers threw a first-pitch fastball to Ramon Laureano, who also hit it into the first row. Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 4 May 2024 But the two hit it off, and Kramer wound up working with Dylan for five hours. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2024 In one instance, Wallace witnessed a crash when a car cut over the divider in front of a semi, which hit it broadside. Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024 Some of those incidents involve what Horne described as courtesy crashes, when a vehicle is turning onto Ford Road and vehicles in two lanes slow up to allow that vehicle into traffic but vehicles in the third lane fail to stop because the drivers don’t see the turning vehicle and hit it. Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 13 Apr. 2024 Ultimately, however, experts were skeptical the Key Bridge could have been saved, pointing to the size of the ship that hit it. Dakin Andone, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024

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“Hit it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20it. Accessed 21 May. 2024.

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