hit up

verb

hit up; hitting up; hits up

US, informal

: to ask (someone) for something (such as money)

She's waiting for the right moment to hit up her father for a loan.

I donated money to that charity a few months ago, and they're already hitting me up for more.

Examples of hit up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Museums are enormously expensive to run, art is pricey, and admissions revenue can’t cover it all, so institutions are bound to hit up moneyed supporters. —Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026

Rachelle and the kids hit up a local Party City store, which was well stocked for the upcoming Super Bowl, and bought purple balloons and anything with a Ravens logo to decorate the house. —Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 12 May 2026

Reigns hit up a popup Superman punch and a spear. —Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026

Elsewhere in the Cyclades, hit up the otherworldly Sarakiniko beach in Milos, explore Paros’s fertile farmland, or make your way through the ruins of the Temple of Apollo in Naxos. —Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026

Rhymes for hit up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup