I.
noun
1 act of hitting sth/sb
ADJECTIVE
▪ direct
VERB + HIT
▪ deliver , give sth , land , make , score
▪
Give it a good ~.
▪
At last he managed to score a ~.
▪ receive , suffer , take
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One of the tanks took a direct ~.
HIT + NOUN
▪ list
▪
She was at the top of the terrorists' ~ list (= list of people they intended to kill) .
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Which services are on the government's ~ list? ( figurative )
▪ man , squad
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He claimed that a ~ man had been paid $20 000 to kill him.
2 sb/sth that is very popular
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , greatest , huge , massive , real , runaway , smash
▪
The show has been a smash ~.
▪ surprise
▪ breakout ( AmE )
▪ immediate , instant
▪ box-office , chart ( esp. BrE ), pop ( esp. BrE )
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She is here to promote her latest chart ~.
HIT + NOUN
▪ album , film ( esp. BrE ), movie ( esp. AmE ), record , show , single , song
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ with
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The series has been a big ~ with children.
II.
verb
1 strike
ADVERB
▪ hard
▪
She didn't ~ me very hard.
▪ repeatedly
▪ directly
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He was ~ directly in the back.
▪ almost , nearly
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A taxi almost ~ him as he was crossing the street.
▪ accidentally
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I accidentally ~ my knee on the desk.
VERB + HIT
▪ want to
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I was so angry, I wanted to ~ him.
▪ be going to
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I was afraid he was going to ~ me.
PREPOSITION
▪ in
▪
She ~ him in the face.
▪ on
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I ~ my head on the low doorway.
▪ with
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He ~ her with a stick.
PHRASES
▪ ~ sb over the head
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He was ~ over the head with a broken bottle.
2 have a bad effect on sb/sth
ADVERB
▪ badly , hard , heavily , severely
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Our department has been badly ~ by the cutbacks.
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Some businesses have been ~ very hard by the rise in interest rates.
Hit is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ arrow , ↑ ball , ↑ batsman , ↑ blast , ↑ blizzard , ↑ bomb , ↑ bullet , ↑ car , ↑ craze , ↑ crisis , ↑ cyclone , ↑ debris , ↑ disaster , ↑ earthquake , ↑ fire , ↑ fist , ↑ flood , ↑ foot , ↑ head , ↑ hurricane , ↑ idea , ↑ illness , ↑ inspiration , ↑ jinx , ↑ lightning , ↑ magazine , ↑ missile , ↑ moonlight , ↑ mortar , ↑ nausea , ↑ pain , ↑ ray , ↑ realization , ↑ recession , ↑ rocket , ↑ shell , ↑ ship , ↑ shot , ↑ smell , ↑ stock , ↑ storm , ↑ sun , ↑ thought , ↑ tornado , ↑ torpedo , ↑ train , ↑ typhoon , ↑ unemployment , ↑ wave
Hit is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ accelerator , ↑ ball , ↑ bar , ↑ baseball , ↑ bonnet , ↑ brake , ↑ bump , ↑ button , ↑ chart , ↑ circuit , ↑ climax , ↑ coast , ↑ convoy , ↑ cymbal , ↑ desk , ↑ drive , ↑ drum , ↑ ear , ↑ earth , ↑ elbow , ↑ fist , ↑ floor , ↑ forehead , ↑ ground , ↑ gym , ↑ head , ↑ headline , ↑ high , ↑ highway , ↑ hood , ↑ hurdle , ↑ jackpot , ↑ kerb , ↑ key , ↑ lottery , ↑ low , ↑ lull , ↑ mainstream , ↑ mall , ↑ mark , ↑ market , ↑ middle age , ↑ milestone , ↑ mine , ↑ morale , ↑ news , ↑ note , ↑ opponent , ↑ patch , ↑ peak , ↑ per cent , ↑ pitch , ↑ puberty , ↑ roadblock , ↑ run , ↑ sack , ↑ shin , ↑ shore , ↑ shower , ↑ showroom , ↑ slope , ↑ smash , ↑ snag , ↑ stage , ↑ store , ↑ stumbling block , ↑ surface , ↑ switch , ↑ target , ↑ town , ↑ trail , ↑ vein , ↑ verge , ↑ volley