VERB + HIT
give sth, make, score Give it a good hit At last he managed to score a hit receive, suffer, take One of the tanks took a direct hit
HIT + NOUN
list She was at the top of the terrorists' hit list (= the list of people they intended to kill) for over two years. Which services are on the government's hit list? man, squad He claimed that a hit man had been paid £20,000 to kill him
ADJ
big, greatest, huge, massive, real, smash The show has been a smash hit immediate, instant box-office, chart The band are here to promote their latest chart hit
HIT + NOUN
album, film, movie, record, show, single, song parade (old-fashioned) The single was number one in the British hit parade
PREP
~ with The series has been a big hit with children
ADV
hard She didn't hit me very hard almost, nearly A taxi almost hit him as he was crossing the street accidentally I accidentally hit my knee on the desk
VERB + HIT
want to I was so angry, I wanted to hit him be going to I was afraid he was going to hit me
PREP
in She hit him in the face on I hit my head on the low doorway with He hit her with a stick
PHRASES
hit sb over the head He was hit over the head with a broken bottle
ADV
badly, hard, heavily, severely Our department has been badly hit by the cutbacks. Some businesses have been hit very hard by the rise in interest rates PHRASAL VERBS hit out hard wildly I just hit out wildly in all directions
PREP
at In a rousing speech the minister hit out at racism in the armed forces