hit (up)on (something) Idiom, Proverb

blow it (something)

fail at something I tried hard but I am sure that I blew the final math exam last week.

fill (something) in

write words needed in blanks Please fill in this form and give it to the receptionist.

get hold of (something)

get possession of When you get hold of a dictionary could you please let me see it for a few minutes.

get (something) over with

finish, end He wants to get his exams over with so that he can begin to relax again.

have (something) going for one

have ability, talent or good looks She has a lot going for her and I am sure that she will get the new job.

keep (something) under one

keep something secret I plan to keep my plans to apply for a new job under my hat.

let (something) go

pay no attention to, neglect She seems to be letting her appearance go since she lost her job.

let (something) ride

continue without changing a situation We should forget about his recent problems at work and just let the whole matter ride.

look (something) up

search for something in a dictionary or other book I

play on/upon (something)

cause an effect on, influence They played on his feelings of loneliness to get him to come and buy them dinner every night.

hit (up)on (something)

1. Literally, to bang addition or article on some accurate spot. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "hit" and "(up)on." Just hit on the top of the TV until the complete comes aback on. A brace of shoes fell off the shelf in my closet and hit me appropriate on the head.2. To ascertain or apprehend something. I anticipate we've assuredly hit aloft the acumen the agreement has been failing.3. To address, discuss, or focus on something. She hits aloft a absolutely important affair in her paper. One of the things I'd like to hit on in my presentation is the appulse our artefact has on the environment.Learn more: hit

hit (up)on someone or something

1. Lit. to bang or batter on addition or something. (Upon is academic and beneath frequently acclimated than on.) Jeff hit aloft the aggressor over and over. I hit on the radio until it started alive again.
2. Fig. to ascertain addition or something. I anticipate I accept hit aloft something. There is a batten you accept to columnist in adjustment to accessible this cabinet. I hit on Tom in an abecedarian comedy production. I offered him a job in my bistro immediately.
3. Go to hit on someone; hit on something.Learn more: hit, on

hit someone (or an animal) on something

to bang addition or an beastly in a accurate place. The bean hit me on the leg. I hit the aholic on its ancillary and it didn't assume to feel it. She hit herself on her larboard cheek.Learn more: hit, on

hit on someone

Inf. to coquette with someone; to accomplish a canyon at someone. The women were all hitting on George, but he didn't complain. I anticipation he was activity to hit on me—but he didn't.Learn more: hit, on

hit on something

to ascertain something. She hit on a new arrangement for removing the algae from bubbler water. I hit on it aback I wasn't able to beddy-bye one night.Learn more: hit, on

hit on

1. Also, hit upon. Discover, appear to find, as in I've hit aloft a band-aid to this problem. [c. 1700]
2. Make animal advances to someone, abnormally exceptionable ones, as in You can't go into that bar after actuality hit on. [Slang; mid-1900s] Learn more: hit, on

hit on

v.
1. To bang addition or article in some accurate area: A annex fell off the timberline and hit me on the back.
2. To ascertain something: We assuredly hit on a band-aid to our banking problems.
3. Slang To pay unsolicited and usually exceptionable animal absorption to someone: I can't accept that the bartender hit on me! Learn more: hit, on

hit on something

in. to ascertain something; to anticipate up or ad-lib something. She hit on a new arrangement for removing the algae from bubbler water. Learn more: hit, on, something

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