hit out at
phrasal verb
hit out at; hitting out at; hits out at
informal
: to make an angry attack against (someone)
The singer hit out at her critics.
Examples of hit out at in a Sentence
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Getty Images The ongoing battle between Rayo Vallecano president Raúl Martín Presa and the club’s supporters has taken another ugly turn as the two parties hit out at each other on Sunday ahead of the team’s first home league fixture of the 2025/26 campaign against reigning champions FC Barcelona.
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Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
According to multiple reports in the French media, tempers flared in the visitors’ changing room when senior players including Rabiot and Argentinian goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli hit out at Rowe for a lack of effort on the pitch.
—Tom Williams, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025
Scuderia Ferrari Formula One team principal Fred Vasseur has hit out at the media for allegedly spreading rumors that delayed his contract extension.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Advertisement Back at home, Democrats hit out at Trump for his courting of Putin.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 16 Aug. 2025
After Trump’s hint at an endorsement on Sunday evening, Spanberger’s campaign hit out at Earle-Sears’s defense of Trump’s policies.
—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2025
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen hit out at elite U.S. universities for allegedly discriminating against children of conservative Trump voters.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 16 July 2025
Ruffalo was reacting to a July 2 episode of the Joe Rogan Experience in which the podcaster hit out at ICE raids on workplaces where undocumented migrant workers were targeted.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025
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Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
According to multiple reports in the French media, tempers flared in the visitors’ changing room when senior players including Rabiot and Argentinian goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli hit out at Rowe for a lack of effort on the pitch.
—Tom Williams, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2025
Scuderia Ferrari Formula One team principal Fred Vasseur has hit out at the media for allegedly spreading rumors that delayed his contract extension.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
Advertisement Back at home, Democrats hit out at Trump for his courting of Putin.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 16 Aug. 2025
After Trump’s hint at an endorsement on Sunday evening, Spanberger’s campaign hit out at Earle-Sears’s defense of Trump’s policies.
—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2025
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen hit out at elite U.S. universities for allegedly discriminating against children of conservative Trump voters.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 16 July 2025
Ruffalo was reacting to a July 2 episode of the Joe Rogan Experience in which the podcaster hit out at ICE raids on workplaces where undocumented migrant workers were targeted.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025
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“Hit out at.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20out%20at. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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