I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bullet hits/strikes sb
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The first bullet hit him in the back.
a car hits sth/crashes into sth
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I saw the car leave the road and hit a tree.
a chart hit (= a song or album in the charts )
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At last the band had got a chart hit.
a hit list (= a list of people, organizations etc that someone wants to harm or stop )
a hit movie (= a successful movie )
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He has directed a string of hit movies.
a hit on a website (= an occasion when someone visits a website )
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There have already been 5000 hits on our website.
a (huge) box office hit/success
a shot hits sb/sth
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The shot hit the burglar in the chest and killed him instantly.
a storm hits/strikes (a place)
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We should try to get home before the storm hits.
a wave hits sb/sth
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He was hit by a wave of nausea every time he tried to stand up.
an earthquake hits/strikes a place (= happens in a particular place )
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The region was struck by a major earthquake last year.
badly hit (= be badly affected )
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Businesses have been badly hit by the economic slowdown.
be hit by a recession (= be badly affected by it )
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Rural areas have been hardest hit by the recession.
fall to/hit/reach etc a new low (= be worth less than ever before )
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The euro has fallen to a new low against the dollar.
hit a ball
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He swung the bat back and hit the ball hard.
hit a target
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Not every bomb hit its target.
hit list
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He was on a terrorist’s hit list.
hit man
hit on an idea informal (= suddenly think of an idea )
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Then we hit on the idea of renting a cottage.
hit parade
hit squad
hit the big time
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The 46-year-old author has finally hit the big time .
hit the bottle (= regularly drink too much )
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She was under a lot of stress, and started hitting the bottle.
hit the charts (= enter the charts )
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The group eventually hit the charts.
hit the headlines (= make the headlines )
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Crane hit the headlines after she was arrested for the murder of her husband.
hit the stands (= became available to buy )
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One week, three magazines hit the stands with Peace Corps stories.
hit...home run
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I didn’t think I could hit a home run .
hit/run into a snag
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The grand opening hit a snag when no one could find the key.
hit/strike oil (= to find oil when you are digging for it )
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The engineers drilled down a few hundred metres until they hit oil.
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The Ohio Oil Company struck oil on May 3rd.
lightning hits/strikes sth
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The house had been hit by lightning.
reach/achieve/hit a target (= meet it )
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They achieved their target with just days to spare.
slam on/jam on/hit the brakes (= use them suddenly and with a lot of force )
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The car in front stopped suddenly and I had to slam on the brakes.
smash hit
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They had a smash hit with their first single.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
badly
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Vodafone, which could also be badly hit by such a move, lost 10p to 504p.
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It should also drum up more work for a profession that has been badly hit by the recession.
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The refrigeration industry will be the most badly hit .
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The Tapies market was also badly hit .
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So does Huddur - another badly hit town.
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Motorists passing through Tewkesbury have been badly hit .
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Traders in Ross have been particularly badly hit .
hard
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Many of the old takeover favourites were also hard hit as speculators moved to take their profits.
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I hit hard at the inadequacies in housing in the city.
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The bulb had obviously been hit hard soas to break its filament, to ensure no warning light came on.
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But then the booze started hitting hard , and I got really scared.
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Those farmers who compromise on safety must be hit hard , where it hurts - in the pocket.
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Every sector of the technology group was hit hard today.
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But properties were hit hard with Greycoat, Speyhawk and Stanhope losing ground.
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As usual, some stocks were hit hard because they delivered dismal news.
home
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She could see that her remark had hit home .
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His comment hit home for me, as both therapist and layperson.
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Within hours, the reality of the situation had hit home .
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By the early 1970s, this realization had already hit home .
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His foot hit home , sinking deep into the little man's belly.
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All of a sudden the hollowness of our triumph over nature hit home with striking effect.
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And to go back to your start-up page hit Home .
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Then her words seemed to hit home .
■ NOUN
ball
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O'Neill won the opener on the final ball but was then hit with breaks of 77, 60 and 56.
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In 1883, a ball hit into that area was a double.
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I feel very comfortable when the ball is hit to him.
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Three Hoops stood over the ball and Larsson hit an unstoppable right-foot screamer into the top corner.
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The ball hits her square in the face.
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The ball carrier will no longer hit and drive.
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I drove the ball as far and as straight as any ball I have ever hit in my life.
bottom
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At the time, I thought one had hit rock bottom .
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Page has hit proverbial rock bottom and has become a walking skeleton living on the streets.
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The 28-year-old mechanical engineer's fortunes took a dramatic twist midway through last season when his career hit rock bottom .
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They say you have to hit bottom before things start looking up.
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It really worries me what the impact could be in a few years when we hit the bottom of the business cycle.
floor
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Greenslade and I had hit the floor early.
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If you smell smoke, hit the floor , and crawl to the nearest exit.
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He was dead before his body hit the floor .
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Colonels and privates hit the dirt floor as one!
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All that hit the floor was a glossy leaflet inviting her to discover the magic of Christmas at the local hypermarket.
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He heard Barnabas hit the study floor running, scattering a braided rug to kingdom come.
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The last thing Ardamal heard as he raced down the corridor was the tinkle of metal parts hitting the floor .
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Somebody snapped out the lights inside at the sound of those shots and everybody hit the floor .
ground
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As they hit the ground , she drove her fingers into his left eye.
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The stream of vomit sailed through the air, and it seemed a long time before it hit the ground .
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The aeroplane fell apart when it hit the ground .
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When it hit the ground I knew it was a real animal.
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My legs folded, both knees hit the ground , and I scrambled, in a rage, back on to the wheelbarrow.
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The company also could shape a well-educated, flexible pool of employment candidates who could hit the ground running.
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Another boy is hitting the ground with a pickaxe, while a third is holding on to some blue plastic sheeting.
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It was a great day to pass out: You never would have hit the ground .
headline
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Not long afterwards the Dams Raid took place, and this did hit the headlines and captured the imagination of the public.
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Their problems all hit the headlines .
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Only a life-or-death issue such as a liver or heart will hit the headlines .
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Pundits' predictions of repossessions topping 80,000 during 1991 hit the headlines .
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Institutions that hit the headlines with accounts paying top-flight rates might also have a few skeletons in the cupboard.
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Ride a big winner, hit the headlines - that's racing.
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He will not hit the headlines , but he will receive the gratitude of patients and nurses.
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But what will actually be done about traffic Sir - Once again the traffic issue hits the headlines .
high
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It was only a month ago that the index hit a post crash high of 2,423.9.
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With the right company, certainly the stock should hit new highs with the next bull market.
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Johannesburg hit a record high , ending 0.2% up.
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Datatec's share price had a rollercoaster ride last year, it hit a high of R146 in March.
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The contract hit a high of 101. 23 earlier.
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Lead experienced the biggest swing, hitting a ten-year high of £800 a tonne in March.
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The shares hit a high of $ 36. 75 last year.
jackpot
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Vernon hits the jackpot Cardiff 2, Bath 3.
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People who hit a $ 50 jackpot likely have found their favorite spot.
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The 1987 Sunflowers tour hit the jackpot .
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On lottery day, Boston Marathon officials discovered they had hit the jackpot .
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He felt as if he'd hit the jackpot .
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And six days later she hit the jackpot ... when Bonnie paid back the cash.
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This time, though, they hit the jackpot with number 3 from Richard Jones.
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But they'd had a thorough look through his life just to be sure and hit the jackpot entirely by chance.
mark
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In any book of several hundred pages you're bound to hit the mark occasionally.
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The first time I saw him hit from the farthest mark , I cheered.
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Had the muddy weed really hit its mark ?
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If one of us hits the half-century mark , we all do.
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Today I have to hit as many marks as possible, and Dixie can find them fast.
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Not every story hits the mark .
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It took five years for revenue to hit the £1 million mark .
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About half hit the comic mark .
market
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PhotoFinish was well received when it first hit the market under a year ago.
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Multimedia keyboards go a step beyond the ergonomically designed keyboards that hit the market a couple of years ago.
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Mr Smith must learn that hitting the pay packet hits the housing market , and that hits the institutions.
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Today, just a few years after musical compact discs hit the mass market , the long box is history.
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A system called DigiBox is expected to hit the market soon.
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Once those properties hit the market , their true value will be found out.
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More painful still, 16-megabit chips will hit the market at only nine times the price of existing 4-megabit DRAMs.
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But a new demographic product hitting the market could take the revolution a step further.
peak
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Worst affected will be those who upped borrowings when miners' earnings hit a peak in the early 80s.
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It is one of several hormones that hit peak levels in the bloodstream in early adulthood and then decline steadily.
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It hit a peak on 20 October with 16,188 barrels, the highest daily figure recorded since production started in 1987.
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Terfel hits the peaks early and never falters.
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The blade hit the peak of the man's cloth-covered helmet, ringing his ears like the knell of doom.
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Since futures prices hit their peak , they have fallen by 54 percent, to around $ 1. 08 a pound.
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Printer and software sales also hit a peak .
recession
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It should also drum up more work for a profession that has been badly hit by the recession .
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Background: The New York area was hit hard by the recession , but pent-up demand is pushing up prices.
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But those images are becoming harder and harder to stomach in a world hit by recession .
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Reverend Sawyer says like everything else, his church is being hit by the recession .
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And not surprisingly, the motorists hardest hit by recession are those living in London and the south-east.
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The Automobile Industry is among the hardest hit by the recession .
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The South-East and West Midlands have been hardest hit by the recession .
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She says rural areas have been hard hit by the recession .
road
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Gina Coulstock, 18, stumbled, fell heavily and was knocked out when she hit the road .
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Travelers will find it more comfortable and interesting to hit the road this year.
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So next time you hit the road make sure it doesn't hit back.
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Time to hit the road again.
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Doogie allowed himself a small smile of satisfaction as Shifty-Eyes hit the road , then he turned and grabbed Pointy-Beard's tie.
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We packed up and hit the road .
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I slowed for the roundabout but still managed to hit the motorway slip road at fifty-five.
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Once we hit the road out of town, a sign suddenly announced the concert.
rock
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At the time, I thought one had hit rock bottom.
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Demonstrators smashed in the face, hit with rocks .
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The 28-year-old mechanical engineer's fortunes took a dramatic twist midway through last season when his career hit rock bottom.
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A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hits southern Oregon, killing a motorist whose pickup was hit by falling rock .
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Hello! has won a reputation as heralding disaster by featuring families apparently in bliss just before they hit the rocks .
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The one guy drop-kicked him and another guy hit him with a rock .
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It was immediately answered by another shot, which hit a rock behind him.
roof
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Two shells hit the roof and one exploded in the corridor during the night.
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Top editors hit the roof Maybe one picture, but a page full of pictures of black women?
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He hit the roof when the pair left to set up home in a bedsit.
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The shell hit the roof of the building and made a mess of the inside of the building.
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He hit the roof as soon as Peter came in.
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What would Old Chao do if he saw them, hit the roof on his way into outer space?
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Its hitting the roof so soon had stopped the process.
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Well, honey, I hit the roof .
spot
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The cognac was not quite up to Skipton's fine Napoleonic standards, but it hit the spot with unerring accuracy.
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It is one reason why the Clippers seem to hit a dry spot offensively in most games.
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She looked thoroughly sophisticated, the type to want to hit the night spots .
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Remember when Wilkinson hit that rough spot in the board meeting?
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A young teenage girl often becomes hypercritical of her mum-and knows exactly how to hit her weak spots .
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Finally, doctors hit the right spot , and the sound of angry hornets filled the operating room.
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It just hit the right spot .
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So why does it shock us and shake us so badly when we hit a tough spot ?
street
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Equipped with such information, I decided it was time to hit the streets .
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We bounced over the railroad tracks in Fresno and hit the wild streets of Fresno Mextown.
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With its packages yet to hit the street , Clarify figures its technology will cop the leadership position.
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But after the officer leaves, Michael grabs his sleeping bag and hits the streets .
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The service is currently in beta testing and should hit the streets in the first quarter of next year.
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Miguel left, shivering when he hit the street .
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When the idea hit the streets , we at Guitarist were unanimous in wanting to throw our weight behind the project.
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Laid-off workers are hitting the streets .
target
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Leonard's workrate overall produced 438 punches, of which just over half hit the target .
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Last year, Trent noted, one-third of the cancer drugs approved hit specific targets .
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The Lancasters had to drop the bouncing bomb from precisely sixty feet to hit their target .
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The large drops leave the spray behind and pass on to hit the target .
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The Horde have been, are and can be inspirational but don't always hit the target here.
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My man, the bag, was hit in each target location twice.
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Although of limited accuracy by modern standards, the Scuds were reasonably successful at hitting large targets such as urban settlements.
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A pistol like this can hit somewhere near its target .
trail
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Sefton hit the cup trail tomorrow with a home tie against Metrovick in the Provincial Trophy third round.
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Tyros get kick-started by taking shoeless jaunts around their house, back yard and neighborhood before hitting the trail .
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Tornado alerts were broadcast throughout the afternoon but the crowds still hit the pilgrimage trail to the Arkansas capital.
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Those who hit the trail , and those who build the homestead.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
as soon as your head hits the pillow
be at/hit/reach rock bottom
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By four o'clock Melissa's spirits were at rock bottom .
be hard hit/be hit hard
chart-topping record/group/hit etc
direct hit
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One bomb scored a direct hit on the aircraft carrier.
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A direct hit on the Al-Rasheed was ruled out because of the western journalists there.
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Both were direct hits, as he knew they would be.
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He was killed instantly, a direct hit.
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I lay under my cot and prayed that our hooch would not take a direct hit with a rocket.
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It was in a dance hall, a direct hit.
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The bomb had been a direct hit and only the last few dwellings had still been standing afterwards.
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The next one was a direct hit, and the whole ceiling did come down.
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With a beautiful clean throw Trondur made a direct hit.
hit sb like a ton of bricks
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The news of her accident hit me like a ton of bricks.
hit the hay
hit the mother lode
hit the sack
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Then the two cups of decaff before you hit the sack .
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When they do, they hit the sack for marathon love-making sessions - that's once Bill's made the bed!
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Your husband needs to relax before he hits the sack .
hit the wall
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During the 1982 recession, the deepest since the Depression, state governments began to hit the wall .
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Each time the ball hits the wall a brick disappears and you're closer to your aim of breaking down the wall.
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He expected to hit the wall of the cliff somewhere up ahead.
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I miss and hit the wall .
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It gathers speed, and suddenly hits the wall by the foot of the bed.
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It hit the wall four feet below him.
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It hit the wall near the window and smashed.
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Witnesses swear that as fast as the line drive hit the wall , Rivera was rounding second before it touched the ground.
hit/drive/hammer etc sth home
hit/miss the mark
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All too often, national political coverage misses the mark .
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As a welfare program, the minimum wage misses the mark because it worsens the status of the most disadvantaged youths.
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But the show missed the mark on other aspects of police work, the group said.
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In any book of several hundred pages you're bound to hit the mark occasionally.
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In your recent coverage of Novell's letter of intent to purchase Unix System Laboratories you've really missed the mark .
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The movie itself simply misses the mark .
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The umpires green-flagged the crash but penalised Stripes for hitting the mark , effectively giving Kanza the race.
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Words don't always hit the mark , do they?
hit/reach rock bottom
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After we lost the contract, morale in the office reached rock bottom.
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Confidence in the city's police force has hit rock bottom.
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Joan Rivers reveals how she hit rock bottom and recovered in her autobiography.
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As a result, hotel values hit rock bottom in 1992&.
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At the time, I thought one had hit rock bottom.
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But this time he does seem to have hit rock bottom.
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Ogmore to Barry beach sport hit rock bottom.
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The 28-year-old mechanical engineer's fortunes took a dramatic twist midway through last season when his career hit rock bottom.
hit/strike home
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The reality of the war didn't hit home until someone from the neighborhood was killed.
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All of a sudden the hollowness of our triumph over nature hit home with striking effect.
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And to go back to your start-up page hit Home .
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By the early 1970s, this realization had already hit home .
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His comment hit home for me, as both therapist and layperson.
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It must have struck home in some way.
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She could see that her remark had hit home .
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They spend much of the book showing how various companies have used them to hit home runs or strike out.
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Within hours, the reality of the situation had hit home .
hit/strike paydirt
hit/strike the right/wrong note
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He reworked everything he wrote until he had hit the right note of Gailic pedantry.
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So are buskers in Gloucester striking the right note with their audience?
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That would have the merit of simplicity, but would it strike the right note socially?
kick/hit a man when he's down
knock/hit sb for six
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He'd done it again, she realised in amazement - with just a few choice words he'd knocked her for six .
pound/hit the pavement
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For months, Garcia pounded the pavement for jobs.
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And if my next fifteen years are spent pounding the pavement in search of a job without a handset in it - too bad.
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He turned and saw a lithe figure in a track suit pounding the pavement towards him.
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I wrenched the wheel round in a tight turn, hitting the pavement as I went.
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It began to rain when she was half way along Gloucester Road, big spots like buttons hitting the pavement .
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Or pull out your own wheels and hit the pavement .
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The brown paper bag tied with white string hit the pavement , split and corn went all over the place.
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When he's not on the track competing, you will find Paul out pounding the pavements .
run into/hit the buffers
the hit parade
the shit hits the fan
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The shit really hit the fan when Andy saw the phone bill.
touch/hit a (raw) nerve
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I had finally touched a nerve .
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Our article touched a raw nerve .
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Q: Why has that era hit a nerve with people now?
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The charge has hit a nerve , persuading the company to earmark 265 Levantine buildings for special restoration.
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The subject of hawkers had touched a raw nerve .
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The theatrical farce touches a nerve .
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The wide current appeal of such music seems to touch a nerve of communal masochism.
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They also touched a nerve of public anxiety.
touch/hit a raw nerve
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Our article touched a raw nerve.
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The subject of hawkers had touched a raw nerve.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Hit the brakes!
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A sudden rise in inflation always hits living standards.
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Analysts say that the value of the Euro could hit rock bottom in the next few months.
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As oil production increased, prices hit an all-time low.
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Be careful with that stick! You nearly hit me with it.
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Buildings that had gotten hit by bombs had still not been repaired.
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Careful, don't hit your head.
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Dad! Peter keeps hitting me!
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Don't hit him, he'll only hit you back.
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Elderly people were the hardest hit by the increase in tax on fuel.
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Five sailors were killed when their ship hit a mine.
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Greg Davis didn't disappoint his teammates, hitting six field goals in six attempts.
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He hit him hard in the stomach.
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He pulled out of the driveway without looking, and almost hit another car.
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He ran out into the road and almost got hit .
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I hit my elbow on the corner of that table.
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I had hit a few snags in my work.
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I have to hit the books.
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If sales continue to increase, output may hit the 500,000 mark this year.
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It's time to hit the shower.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Courtney was a traditionalist, besides which Jack's career had finally begun to hit the fast track.
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He hit a few three-irons and three-woods and that was it.
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His face hit the concrete before any of the rest of him.
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In 1852 he again played well, hitting 24 and 40 not out and 60 against Dalton.
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This is somewhat like making the target broader so that it becomes easier to hit .
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When I hit the elephant grass, I just kept going.
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Yet only by luck did he hit one of the skaters - who was blasted apart.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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The splashy novelty number was a big hit .
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In Britain the biggest box-office hit was Batman Returns with Pounds 2.77 million in the first three days.
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Agnes was the biggest hit of that year.
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The big hit with the kiddies had to be the Pirates Club.
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I went with the mugs and they're a big hit .
direct
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Opposite An archer fish achieves a direct hit .
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With a beautiful clean throw Trondur made a direct hit .
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Not unless it's a direct hit , then you've had it anyway.
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No effective defense was possible against a direct hit .
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One scored a direct hit but, despite being showered with glass, there were no serious injuries.
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Both were direct hits , as he knew they would be.
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Points are awarded for direct hits and speed.
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He was killed instantly, a direct hit .
great
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Or perhaps it's belting out Slade's greatest hits with your best friends and a bottle of wine?
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Box sets collect music into greatest hits , anthologies, chronologies, complete collected works, best-of and worst-of packages.
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With luck, a few years will bring a greatest hits compilation.
huge
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One brand new product that seems to have scored a huge hit at the recent MacWorld show is Adobe's Illustrator.
instant
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Meanwhile, the Cheltenham Festival's newest race, the £40,000 added Coral Cup, has been an instant hit with trainers.
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Unveiled in 1986, the megaliths were an instant hit .
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The Plaza Girls, a troupe of tall dancers that were an instant hit with the public.
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Shearer, an instant hit at Blackburn, has yet to convince me.
late
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Kylie would spend hours listening to the radio, singing or humming along the latest hits .
recent
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Kaufman's not shy about comparing his latest, Terror Firmer, to a certain recent hit starring Anthony Hopkins.
■ NOUN
chart
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Over a soundtrack of appropriate chart hits , unidentified teenagers talked about coming to terms with their own sexuality.
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It seems this year's surprise chart hit has prompted a renewed interest in the didgeridoo.
record
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The first hit record to ever mention a baby though?
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Played loose and desperate by Marcus Naylor, Floyd has a hit record out, but he needs another.
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The initial costs of the latter are generally held to be underwritten by the large surplus generated by any big hit record .
show
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That boy was Luke Perry, heart-throb star of hit show Beverly Hills 90210.
smash
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It may not be the London Palladium but it is a smash hit !
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Have a great day and we hope your dot.com venture is a smash hit .
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Daly has been, quite literally, the smash hit of the Masters with the crowds, attracting the biggest galleries.
■ VERB
become
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He was jointly responsible for writing at least one tune which became a hit and made a name for the other writer.
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Revived in syndication, the show went on to become an international hit .
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His recording of the title song became a massive hit and I understand a new sexier image will be revealed around Christmas.
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But when the show became a hit , I think a lot of people looked at television differently.
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The disc flopped, but the song became a substantial hit for Tracey Ullman four years later.
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Coolidge already has become a hit with neighbors and members of the Chamber of Commerce.
score
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One brand new product that seems to have scored a huge hit at the recent MacWorld show is Adobe's Illustrator.
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One scored a direct hit but, despite being showered with glass, there were no serious injuries.
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If a Skeleton manages to score a wounding hit on an adventurer, something quite hideous happens.
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Punters throw coins, trying to score a hit in the tin trays.
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Whatever else, the media is scoring a direct hit on itself.
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It therefore has to aim at a carefully judged angle to the apparent direction if it is going to score a hit .
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It missed mostly; when it did score a hit there was a screaming ping and no more.
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A shell scored a direct hit on a petrol tank, and he felt the wave of heat from fifty yards off.
take
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He runs too upright, relies too much on sheer strength instead of evading defenders, and so takes too many hits .
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We had taken a hit on the fuel tank.
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He sees that we're taking the hits and that we can handle the pain.
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The high number of craters suggest Mathilde has been taking hits for several billion years.
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They absorb these losses either by taking the hit themselves or by paying insurance premiums that are roughly equal to those losses.
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Its conspicuous lack of charm took two major hits in the national media in the last month alone.
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As Lambert watched, one SE5a took a hit from a shell and fell sideways.
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We took four hits , and immediately, we went into a rapid descent to elude the machine guns.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be at/hit/reach rock bottom
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By four o'clock Melissa's spirits were at rock bottom .
be hard hit/be hit hard
chart-topping record/group/hit etc
direct hit
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One bomb scored a direct hit on the aircraft carrier.
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A direct hit on the Al-Rasheed was ruled out because of the western journalists there.
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Both were direct hits, as he knew they would be.
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He was killed instantly, a direct hit.
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I lay under my cot and prayed that our hooch would not take a direct hit with a rocket.
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It was in a dance hall, a direct hit.
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The bomb had been a direct hit and only the last few dwellings had still been standing afterwards.
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The next one was a direct hit, and the whole ceiling did come down.
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With a beautiful clean throw Trondur made a direct hit.
haul off and hit/punch/kick sb
hit sb like a ton of bricks
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The news of her accident hit me like a ton of bricks.
hit/drive/hammer etc sth home
hit/miss the mark
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All too often, national political coverage misses the mark .
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As a welfare program, the minimum wage misses the mark because it worsens the status of the most disadvantaged youths.
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But the show missed the mark on other aspects of police work, the group said.
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In any book of several hundred pages you're bound to hit the mark occasionally.
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In your recent coverage of Novell's letter of intent to purchase Unix System Laboratories you've really missed the mark .
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The movie itself simply misses the mark .
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The umpires green-flagged the crash but penalised Stripes for hitting the mark , effectively giving Kanza the race.
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Words don't always hit the mark , do they?
hit/reach rock bottom
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After we lost the contract, morale in the office reached rock bottom.
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Confidence in the city's police force has hit rock bottom.
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Joan Rivers reveals how she hit rock bottom and recovered in her autobiography.
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As a result, hotel values hit rock bottom in 1992&.
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At the time, I thought one had hit rock bottom.
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But this time he does seem to have hit rock bottom.
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Ogmore to Barry beach sport hit rock bottom.
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The 28-year-old mechanical engineer's fortunes took a dramatic twist midway through last season when his career hit rock bottom.
hit/strike home
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The reality of the war didn't hit home until someone from the neighborhood was killed.
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All of a sudden the hollowness of our triumph over nature hit home with striking effect.
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And to go back to your start-up page hit Home .
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By the early 1970s, this realization had already hit home .
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His comment hit home for me, as both therapist and layperson.
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It must have struck home in some way.
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She could see that her remark had hit home .
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They spend much of the book showing how various companies have used them to hit home runs or strike out.
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Within hours, the reality of the situation had hit home .
hit/strike paydirt
hit/strike the right/wrong note
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He reworked everything he wrote until he had hit the right note of Gailic pedantry.
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So are buskers in Gloucester striking the right note with their audience?
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That would have the merit of simplicity, but would it strike the right note socially?
knock/hit sb for six
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He'd done it again, she realised in amazement - with just a few choice words he'd knocked her for six .
not know what hit you
the hit parade
touch/hit a raw nerve
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Our article touched a raw nerve.
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The subject of hawkers had touched a raw nerve.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Titanic" was a big hit all over the world.
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a new hit single from Janet Jackson
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an album of the Beatles' greatest hits
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Our site had 2000 hits in the first month.
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The official World Cup web-site scored a record number of hits last week.
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When I first heard the song I knew it would be a hit .
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You may get thousands of hits that are irrelevant to your question.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But the decision seems to be a hit with the scouts.
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It lasted longer and that, a better hit .
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Still, it was a shock when Vee-Jay filed for bankruptcy in 1965, while it was still turning out hits.
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The tuna tartare with chopped avocado, the clam chowder with smoked bacon and the giant Louisiana prawns were all a hit .
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They absorb these losses either by taking the hit themselves or by paying insurance premiums that are roughly equal to those losses.
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This time Dennis claimed hits on a destroyer while Osborne inflicted damage on a supply ship.