hit the slopes
Definition of hit the slopes
informal
: to go skiing Let's hit the slopes early tomorrow.
From the M-W Editors
Word by Word Definitions
: to reach with or as if with a sudden blow
: to come in quick forceful contact with
: to strike (something, such as a ball) with an object (such as a bat, club, or racket) so as to impart or redirect motion
: an act or instance of striking or forcefully coming in contact with someone or something : an act or instance of hitting or being hit
: a stroke of luck
: a great success
: that slants : sloping
: to take an oblique course
: to lie or fall in a slant : incline
: go, travel
: ground that forms a natural or artificial incline
: upward or downward slant or inclination or degree of slant
: the part of a continent draining to a particular ocean
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