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hit it big

hit it big verb: to have great success.

Verb

hit it big (third-person singular simple present hits it big, present participle hitting it big, simple past and past participle hit it big)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To have great success
    • I wasn't expecting it to work, but I hit it big when I tried the new approach.

Forms of hit it big

third-person singular presenthits it big
present participlehitting it big
past participlehit it big
pasthit it big

Questions about hit it big

What does hit it big mean?
Hit it big means to have great success.
What part of speech is hit it big?
Hit it big is a verb.
What is the past tense of hit it big?
The past tense of hit it big is hit it big.

Words near hit it big in the dictionary

  1. hit hard
  2. hit home
  3. hit into the long grass
  4. hit it
  5. hit it and quit it
  6. hit it big
  7. hit it for six
  8. hit it from the back
  9. hit it off
  10. hit it out of the park
  11. hit it up

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