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hit on
verb
to strike
Also: hit upon.to discover unexpectedly or guess correctly
slangto make sexual advances to (a person)
Idioms and Phrases
Also, hit upon . Discover, happen to find, as in I've hit upon a solution to this problem . [c. 1700]
Make sexual advances to someone, especially unwanted ones, as in You can't go into that bar without being hit on . [ Slang ; mid-1900s]
Example Sentences
Israel's deputy foreign affairs minister said Iran's hit on the Soroka Medical Centre was "deliberate" and "criminal".
Apartment blocks and office buildings were among the locations hit on Monday.
Job opportunities at the Port of Los Angeles are dwindling as President Trump’s steep tariffs take a hit on global trade and a major economic engine for the regional economy.
If City decided to take a massive hit on the £100m they paid for Grealish four years ago, then perhaps a suitor could afford to pay him a large sign-on fee to compensate for a drop in his wages.
Mr Dunlop said his sister Jo and Sam had a "special relationship" and were an "enormous hit on the show", adding: "The public really loved them."
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