hit it

idiom

informal
used to tell a group of musicians to begin playing
Hit it, boys!

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The second charge came instantly after Fred had hit it with an arrow at 30 yards. Clare Conley, Outdoor Life, 18 Sep. 2025 Erin Slaver, who played violin on the show in addition to acting as one of Panettiere’s back-up singers, hit it off with Carmack on a night out. Avalon Hester, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025 Athletics rookie Nick Kurtz hit it out of the park with a 493-foot grand slam homer, the longest in Major League Baseball for more than two years. Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2025 In the 1970s, when Steve Martin hit it big, Apatow went crazy for him. Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hit it

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“Hit it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hit%20it. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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