HIT (SOMEBODY) WITH (SOMETHING)


Meaning of HIT (SOMEBODY) WITH (SOMETHING) in English

hit somebody with something phrasal verb informal ( see also ↑ hit )

1 . to tell someone something interesting, exciting, or shocking:

The next morning, Steve hit me with the truth.

2 . American English to punish or try to harm someone by doing something that will cause problems for them:

The next day, we found they’d hit us with a lawsuit.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.