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

Don't Miss Most visitors hit up the potholes, take a pic at a cliff, and leave. —Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 17 Apr. 2026

Reports from Australian news outlets place Perry and Rose spending time together and hitting up the popular nightclub Spice Market in downtown Melbourne in August 2010. —Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 15 Apr. 2026

Naturally, this entails hitting up Nordstrom's End of Season Sale, which runs through Wednesday, April 15. —Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026

If you’re headed to rural beaches or plan on hitting up an onsen, skip the string bikinis and Speedos and choose a more modest bathing suit like a tankini or one-piece. —Elaina Verhoff, Travel + Leisure, 9 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for hit up

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