hack it

phrase

1

: cope entry 1 sense 1a

I can't hack it any longer.

2

: to be successful

couldn't hack it in the world of professional sports

Examples of hack it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Trump officials asked a cybersecurity agency to secretly acquire a voting machine — and hack it. — ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2026

In our high-cost, high-housing-cost economy, industries that hire a preponderance of high-income workers are going to be able to hack it. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

More than a golf course Of course, those hacking it up on the course are only half the story. — Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026

Now Perella Weinberg, founded by M&A royalty Joe Perella and Peter Weinberg, is in talks to sell to Piper Sandler, which was itself formed by the 2019 merger of two boutiques that couldn’t hack it alone. — semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1936, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for hack it

• acquit
• admit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit
• dalit
• dendrite
• emit
• illite
• misfit