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hit out
verb
to direct blows forcefully and vigorously
to make a verbal attack (upon someone)
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
Elon Musk hit out at President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" tax and spending bill, posting on X that he "can't stand" the legislation and describing it as a "disgusting abomination".
During his speech, he hit out at "arbitrary decisions" taken by the government last month after "rumours" that he had travelled to the eastern city of Goma.
Kabila also hit out at the president for trying to undermine the constitution, at parliament for failing to hold the president to account and at the justice system for allowing itself to be "openly exploited for political end".
Former cabinet minister Louise Haigh, who resigned last year, has hit out at the winter fuel cuts, adding that they had become a "totemic" issue for many voters.
Chapman hit out at the judiciary at a transgender rights rally in Aberdeen the following weekend.
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