ADJ

direct

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