Idioms for hit

Origin of hit

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

synonym study for hit

1. See strike, beat. 25, 27, 29. See blow1.

OTHER WORDS FROM hit

British Dictionary definitions for hit it off

hit
/ (hɪt) /

verb hits, hitting or hit (mainly tr)

noun

See also hit off, hit on, hit out

Word Origin for hit

Old English hittan, from Old Norse hitta

Idioms and Phrases with hit it off (1 of 2)

hit it off

Get along well together, as in I was so glad that our parents hit it off. In the 17th century this phrase was put simply as hit it, the adverb off being added only in the mid-1800s.

Idioms and Phrases with hit it off (2 of 2)

hit