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hit it

idiom

informal
used to tell a group of musicians to begin playing
Hit it, boys!

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Kali hit it off instantly with the dogs, and all the pups loved their new sibling from the beginning. Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025 The two hit it off at dinner and, that night, formulated a scheme for Decca to return with Romilly to Spain. Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025 Lawrence and co-screenwriter Matthew Mourgides take big swings, and more often than not hit it out of the park. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 26 Nov. 2025 Trump seemingly hit it off with Takaichi during a visit to Japan last month, which was followed by a meeting with Xi in South Korea to address tensions between the world’s two biggest economies over trade and other issues. Peter Guo, NBC news, 25 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hit it

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“Hit it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20it. Accessed 11 Dec. 2025.

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